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Cruising at Christmas (and the New Year) – Part 1

17th January 2020 Going Postal 0

Pre Cruise I have been on a number of cruises on a number of different cruise lines but this is my first Christmas Cruise so I thought I might document it. Some time ago my [more…]

Bashar al-Assad’s Journey

6th November 2019 0

As we stand on the cusp of the Syrians and Turks continuing diplomacy by other means it may be an opportune time to have a quick look at Bashar al-Assad. The son of the former [more...]
Postcard from Lille, Part 2

19th January 2019 0

First Class Previously I regularly visited the continent travelling by train, ferry and hovercraft. Subsequently I went via the channel tunnel but before the high speed rail link to St Pancras had been completed. After [more...]
A Bear’s Diary – Part 17

14th April 2019 0

November 21st, 1809 (November 9th O.S.). Count Bagarov was delighted by our reception by the Tsar. From an obscure minor courtier lurking in the corners of the state rooms of the Winter Palace, he has [more...]
The Marshall Plan

15th January 2020 0

Following on from the Morgenthau Plan, only partially and half-heartedly implemented, we come to the much better known Marshall Plan. This was named after General Marshall who at the time was the US Secretary of [more...]
SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 update 8

16th September 2020 0

Jkvenjd wktuhnb, dfuidsoe refcvdsff hbcer uyereu dfohfd iuhjcdjfsj. No, the previous sentence is not a misprint, it is a condensed and eloquent summary of government practice regarding the current SARS-CoV-2 crisis, quite possibly in Welsh. [more...]