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Enemies Within, Part Four

30th November 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

In late February of 1894, a far-fetched tale appeared in the London penny dreadful newspapers. It concerned the untimely death of an anarchist, Martial Bourdin, blown up by his own bomb near the Royal Observatory [more…]

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Enemies Within: Anarchy!

23rd November 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

Only the nieve might think the nighttime streets of 1894 Soho, a den of immigrants and nere-do-goods, were not already alive with talk of the events of the previous chilly February afternoon. Passers-by investigating an [more…]

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Enemies Within: Rendezvous on Windmill Street

16th November 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

Ruffians, alone or in groups of two or three, descend from different directions along gloomy London streets on a sharp winter’s weekday night in February 1894. Amongst them is a figure in a top hat [more…]

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Enemies Within: A Curious Incident at The Observatory

9th November 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

On a crisp February afternoon on a non-descript Thursday in 1894, tram conductor Mr William Smith issued a through ticket from Westminster Bridge to Greenwich. On entering the horse-drawn tram, the passenger concerned wore a [more…]

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A Voyage to India, 1888

22nd October 2024 Going Postal 0

In October, 1888, Miss Kate Pettitt sailed from Liverpool to Bombay in the steamship Eden Hall.She was going to India as a governess with an English family from Manchester. The voyage took five weeks, and [more…]

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A Distant Monument to Unrequited Love

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If breaking a journey between Nairobi and Kampala, gentlemen and lady travellers might like to give the city of Nakuru a chance. If it becomes tiresome you can always take a tuk-tuk for a day [more…]

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The Wild West Trail, Part Two

7th December 2022 Going Postal 0

Second in a series by my uncle John Alldridge. This article first appeared in the Derby Evening Telegraph in December 1967 – Jerry F We slept that first night at Alcove Springs, a straggling thicket [more…]

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The Wild West Trail, Part One

30th November 2022 Going Postal 1

First of a new series by my uncle John Alldridge. This article first appeared in the Derby Evening Telegraph in November 1967 – Jerry F Just 139 years ago, on a powdery ledge of sandstone [more…]

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Review: 120 Days of Sodom by The Marquis De Sade

21st July 2022 Always Worth Saying 2

Just as an 18th century Président may stalk provincial France looking for innocents to corrupt, so bots chew their way through blogs looking for relevant wares to advertise. We must proceed with caution. On these [more…]

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