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Pastoral Letter on Assisted Dying

9th April 2025 Going Postal 2473 Comments

On Sundays, the priest preaches a sermon about half-way through Mass.  Depending on how good a speaker he is, this is an opportunity to pick up some insights on today’s gospel, or alternatively to drift [more…]

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A brief history of legislation on Assisted Dying at Westminster

16th October 2024 Going Postal 2346 Comments

Euthanasia, or ‘Assisted Dying’ as it’s now being called, is back in the news again as Kim Leadbeater MP, who came top of the ballot for Private Members’ Bills, has said she will introduce an [more…]

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Ultra Vires

20th May 2024 Going Postal 2083 Comments

Back in the early 1990’s I was working for Girobank, at that time still part of the Post Office.  Looking back it was a really interesting place to work, still with many civil service customs.  [more…]

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Tactics

29th April 2024 Going Postal 2514 Comments

My military experience is limited to playing tabletop wargames in my youth.  I played American Civil War with 1/72nd scale Airfix figures, moulded in blue or grey plastic.  Some of my figures even got painted…  [more…]

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Review: The Pre-Persons

11th March 2024 Going Postal 1679 Comments

PKD lived from 1928 to 1982, dying aged 53 of a stroke.  He wrote Science Fiction – over 40 novels and 120 short stories.  His were the stories behind many famous films such as: Do [more…]

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Euthanasia

11th January 2024 Going Postal 2434 Comments

In 1983, Neil Kinnock gave a speech in which he warned: If Margaret Thatcher wins on Thursday, I warn you not to be ordinary. I warn you not to be young. I warn you not [more…]

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Exploring Lego Colours

27th July 2023 Going Postal 2968 Comments

There is quite enough gloom ‘n’ doom in the news nowadays so I thought I’d look instead at an obscure aspect of my hobby – Lego – and my interest, nay obsession, with the different [more…]

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Eating the Bugs…

21st March 2023 Going Postal 2541 Comments

There have been reports in the press recently about the approval of insects as an ingredient in the human food chain.  I have no objection to people eating insects – John the Baptist famously lived [more…]

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How to work out your interest yourself – and how the banks did it in the old days…

11th February 2023 Going Postal 2813 Comments

Have you ever wondered how the bank worked out how much interest to pay on your savings account, or charge you on your mortgage? I had a mortgage with a building society some years ago, [more…]

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