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Poland about to deploy mines on Russian borders

24th June 2024 Going Postal 5562 Comments

Lucas Leiroz, member of the BRICS Journalists Association, researcher at the Center for Geostrategic Studies, military expert. NATO continues to escalate its conflict with the Russian Federation. In a recent statement, an important Polish member [more…]

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Postcard From Edinburgh Castle

22nd June 2024 Always Worth Saying 2382 Comments

Mrs AWS and I are enjoying our day trip to Edinburgh. Although we’re used to exploring Princes Street, this time we are swept in a crowd of alighting passengers at Edinburgh’s Waverley station in the [more…]

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Desert Mysteries, Part Six

19th June 2024 Going Postal 3018 Comments

In the film “Lawrence of Arabia”, Lawrence is asked, “What is it, Major Lawrence, that attracts you, personally, to the desert?” His response was, “It’s clean. I like it because it’s clean.” This quote is [more…]

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France Isolated in its Proposal to Send Troops to Fight Russia

19th June 2024 Going Postal 3187 Comments

By Lucas Leiroz, member of the BRICS Journalists Association, researcher at the Center for Geostrategic Studies, military expert. France appears increasingly isolated in its decision to intervene directly in the Ukrainian conflict. Not even major [more…]

20th Century

Desert Mysteries, Part Five

12th June 2024 Going Postal 2589 Comments

The Royal Tank Museum In Part 4, I described the vehicles that belonged to the British and Arab “Special Forces” of WW1 and WW2 that are displayed in The Royal Tank Museum in Amman, Jordan. [more…]

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Persecution Against Scott Ritter Shows US Not Democracy Anymore

12th June 2024 Going Postal 2830 Comments

By Lucas Leiroz, member of the BRICS Journalists Association, researcher at the Center for Geostrategic Studies, military expert. The persecution of political dissidents in the US is becoming commonplace. People who oppose Washington’s aggressive foreign [more…]

20th Century

Report From Kenya, 1955 – Part One

11th June 2024 Going Postal 3180 Comments

In 1955, at the height of the Mau Mau Rebellion, my uncle John Alldridge produced a series of reports from Kenya for the Birmingham Mail and the Manchester Evening News – Jerry F Tactical Force [more…]

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Desert Mysteries, Part Four

5th June 2024 Going Postal 2779 Comments

The Royal Tank Museum Amman in Jordan is home to one of the best museums of its type in the world, The Royal Tank Museum. A project of the King of Jordan, Abdullah II, the [more…]

20th Century

Desert Mysteries, Part Three

29th May 2024 Going Postal 1945 Comments

In Part 1, I described how from the signatures on the front cover of a June 1939 edition of “Blackwood’s Magazine” purchased from an antiques fair, I found that the original owner, Edward Davis Moore, [more…]

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