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Book Review: On top of the world – Mallory and Irvine

19th August 2025 Going Postal 0

With the somewhat macabre discovery of Andrew ‘Sandy’ Irvine’s foot, still in its boot, on Everest last October – Mallory’s body having been found some years before – my interest was awakened in the vast [more…]

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Book Review, ‘Karla’s Choice’ by Nick Harkaway

2nd August 2025 Always Worth Saying 0

The children have a WhatsApp group where they conspire to buy me useful things for Christmas and birthdays. This is a big improvement on the old scattergun approach, where everyone either bought me the same [more…]

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The cult of victimhood

16th July 2025 Going Postal 0

It has recently emerged that Raynor Winn (NHRN), whose trip with her husband Moth (also NHRN) along the SW Coastal Path inspired her book ‘The Salt Path’ (followed by the film of the same name [more…]

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Book Review: The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton

26th June 2025 Going Postal 0

The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton is a masterful blend of dystopian sci-fi and classic murder mystery. Set on an idyllic Greek island, the last refuge in a world [more…]

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Book Review: An Immigrant’s Love Letter to the West, by Konstantin Kisin

4th June 2025 Going Postal 0

When you live in a country, it is all to easy to see all its faults and shortcomings in horribly clear HD, and much of the national conversation can revolve round these points – what [more…]

20th Century

Book Review: Concorde by Mike Bannister

19th May 2025 Going Postal 0

Introduction In response to Swiss Bob’s lack of articles, I have dashed this out, instead of a fuller version I had planned.  In short, I heartily recommend Mike Bannister’s book ‘Concorde’, which I listened to [more…]

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Book Review: The Wrong Hands by Mark Billingham

14th May 2025 Going Postal 0

Following on from the first book in the series (The Last Dance), The Wrong Hands picks up the story of Detective Sergeant Declan Miller, the flippant and somewhat unorthodox individual. The story kicks off with [more…]

19th Century

Book review: Custer’s Trials, by T.J. Stiles

6th May 2025 Going Postal 0

Writing another biography of Custer (1839-1876) is, as Stiles says, a bit like walking round Grand Central Station trying to find a piece of floor someone hasn’t already stepped on. Such is the fascination with [more…]

Literature

1001 ways to popular parties

5th May 2025 Going Postal 0

When clearing my parents house a few years ago I went through the process of sorting things either to be taken to my mother’s new house, kept or sent to a charity shop or the [more…]

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