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Thou shall have a Fishy, on a little Dishy

28th June 2021 Going Postal 4260 Comments

I’ve reached an age where recollecting the past is (mostly) a good thing, & happy memories of less hard times well spent, come flooding back. Childhood memories are cherished forever, and when we talk about [more…]

20th Century

Of Scherbius, Balme, Lee, Long, Pearce, Dolley, Roe, Wileman, Hargreaves, Trotter, Fasson, Grazier, & Brown….

16th June 2021 Going Postal 2350 Comments

It is indeed strange that the names of the people listed in the article title should remain so completely unknown today. Great innovators of the Weimar Republic during the 1920s, people like Gropius in architecture, [more…]

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Film Review: The Third Man

10th June 2021 Going Postal 2203 Comments

The Third Man is a wonderfully evocative, innovative, and fascinating film, directed by Carol Reed with the screenplay by Graham Greene, set in the dystopian ruins and chaos of immediate post-WW2 Vienna, which at that [more…]

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So……….. Why do our Political & Corporatist Classes love Chyyyyna?

8th June 2021 Going Postal 1946 Comments

In a recent Spectator article, Niall Ferguson worried about the infatuation that the ruling class of the West have for the Chinese system of governance & their clear desire to imitate it. Unfortunately, he fails [more…]

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Notes from a briefing paper discussed under Chatham Rule

3rd June 2021 Going Postal 3418 Comments

Chatham Rule Named after Chatham House (the Royal Institute of International Affairs), which introduced the rule in 1927: “When a meeting, or part thereof, is held under the Chatham House Rule, participants are free to [more…]

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Boldly goings on at the Frontier

31st May 2021 Going Postal 1976 Comments

It is curious how the very phrase “North West Frontier” continues to resonate, even in these post-imperial times. That particular frontier, which ran for 1000 miles in between what is now Pakistan & Afghanistan was [more…]

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The Windsors & Jimmy Donahue

27th May 2021 Going Postal 2135 Comments

The story of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor is one of the most romantic of all time: Edward VIII abdicated his throne and gave up an empire so that he could marry the woman [more…]

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The Spy Who Went Into The Deep Freeze

19th May 2021 Going Postal 2055 Comments

Kim Philby. For those of a certain age, the name conjures up an indicator as to the decline in British post-war influence abroad. His charmed connections within society enabling him to bypass interrogation over material [more…]

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Book Review: Why the Germans do it better

4th May 2021 Going Postal 2174 Comments

Sorry. This is not a book review. See SB for a refund. But the title of the book in question is amusing. There is no doubt that, indeed, Germans do some things so much better [more…]

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