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Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Thirteen

8th February 2026 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning, my friends, and it’s grey and cold in the capital city this morning. I am rather looking forward to this week. Legohead is off to China for three days, then on to [more…]

Animals

Larry’s diary, Week Two Hundred And Seventy Nine

4th May 2025 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning on this Bank Holiday Monday. It is nice and quiet here in Number Ten with only a small crew on. The girl who was on feeding duty this morning was not very [more…]

Authoritarianism

Harambee! Harambee Tena!

17th October 2024 Going Postal 0

The first ever fundraiser in Kenya took place in December 1928. It has been 96 years but we still say, Harambee!!! October 1, 2024 The year is 1926. Kenya is under colonial rule. Natives in [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary – Week Two Hundred And Twenty-Eight

31st March 2024 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning friends from your favourite cat reporter. I’m all set for a week of the scuttlebutt from the corridors of Number 10. I nearly wrote ‘corridors of power’ but thought better of it. [more…]

20th Century

The British Army Against Illiteracy, 1948

29th September 2022 Going Postal 0

In August 1948 my uncle, John Alldridge, reported from Germany on the steps that the British Army was taking to combat high levels of illiteracy in the ranks – Jerry F The young soldier stood [more…]

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Postcard From Chester

17th May 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

There are different ages of man. Transitions between them are celebrated in early age, commemorated in later decades, noted as the senses fail and dreaded as life draws towards its finale. My internet search found [more…]

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Society & Modern Morality

27th January 2021 Godfrey Bloom 0

Modern society never it seems these days platforms morality debates. BBC’s Moral Maze went woke decades ago which negates the whole point of a philosophical discussion. I list here a number of moral questions on [more…]

20th Century

School, and finding a love, of learning

9th March 2017 GrumpyAngler 0

I was an inquisitive child, I wanted to know how, and why. Mum was one of those who thought ‘just because’ was an answer. Dad was much better but worked several jobs so wasn’t around [more…]

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