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A true Beauty – The Depth and Limits of Alain Delon

16th October 2024 Going Postal 0

Forgive me, Puffins. I know he’s French. And an Actor. But I’d like to talk about Alain Delon’s face for a minute. In truth, it’s hard not to. Certainly, in the early years of his [more…]

History

The Birth of the Angry Young Man

19th September 2024 Going Postal 0

In 1956 the play Look Back in Anger was first staged in Britain. Written by John Osborne, it was the story of Jimmy Porter – who came to symbolise a new force in postwar Britain – the [more…]

Literature

So, farewell then, Brandon………

29th August 2024 Going Postal 0

So. Now Biden has officially dropped out of the race to be the next President of teh US  – after earlier running for, and securing the nomination of the Democrat Party. Biden didn’t drop out [more…]

Computing

An August Conundrum

27th August 2024 Going Postal 0

On August 18th 2024, Mr Stephen Chamberlain was “fatally struck” by a car whilst he was out on an early morning jog in Cambridgeshire. Chamberlain was put on life support after being taken to hospital, [more…]

Authoritarianism

Riot Predicting And All That………..

22nd August 2024 Going Postal 0

In regard to the unrest (riots) that have rocked the UK recently. The proximate cause for the riots was the murder spree by the Welsh-born child of Rwandan immigrants, who – at present allegedly – [more…]

America

Here be Dragons – Beware Quicksand

25th July 2024 Going Postal 0

“Treason doth never prosper, what’s the reason?  For if it prosper, none dare call it Treason.” – John Harington Shortly after 12:30 pm local time on November 22, 1963, the medical staff at Parkland Memorial [more…]

Arts

Totally NOT Star Wars, No sirree : Starcrash – The Movie…….

29th April 2024 Going Postal 0

It’s the late 1970s, and just hitting the big screen is a space opera in which a lightsabre-wielding smuggler embarks on a royal rescue mission, a talking droid sidekick provides comic relief, and a classically [more…]

History

Se non è vero, è ben trovato………

15th April 2024 Going Postal 0

“Had he not wrapped himself in a discarded cloak, Ulysses would have frozen to death at Troy. Our hero’s host, Eumaeus the swineherd, hears the story and gets the hint: He loans Ulysses a cloak, [more…]

Language

Euphemism : A mild, indirect, or vague term for one that is considered harsh, blunt, or offensive

8th April 2024 Going Postal 0

Outside of Yorkshire, to talk plainly is considered uncouth. Everything emanating from our modern mouths must be lathered in a suitable amount of euphemism, lest someone becomes, (Heaven forfend & clutches pearls……..)  triggered. Each modern [more…]

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