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Christianity

Christmas Gifts

28th December 2020 Going Postal 0

“Then Herod secretly called the wise men, and learned from them exactly what time the star appeared. And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, “Go and search diligently for the young child, and when [more…]

18th Century

Book review: Georgiana, by Amanda Foreman

3rd December 2020 Going Postal 0

Amanda Foreman is the British/American daughter of American film-maker Carl Foreman (Bridge on the River Kwai, High Noon). Carl Foreman moved to England from Hollywood during the McCarthy era; he had been blacklisted and his [more…]

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Health

Don’t worry – be happy

4th September 2020 Going Postal 0

I was encouraged to write this article by Teggers Play Pop and Foxoles (I think) following a comment I made on GP some months ago.  I can’t recall exactly what I said but it was [more…]

Human Interest

Gtech HyLite model SCV100 – product review

27th July 2020 Going Postal 0

‘I started Gtech to create sensible, easy-to-use products, which do a great job’ Nick Grey – inventor and owner of Gtech. Well, I think Mr Grey has achieved that in this case. Read on to [more…]

America

Book Review: Kick by Paula Byrne

3rd June 2020 Going Postal 0

The subtitle of this book is ‘the true story of Kick Kennedy, JFK’s forgotten sister, and the heir to Chatsworth’, although personally I think the title ‘forgotten sister’ might be more accurately applied to JFK’s [more…]

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20th Century

A Different Class of Murder, by Laura Thompson

1st April 2020 Going Postal 0

We Brits love a mystery, and they don’t come much more mysterious than Lord Lucan. There are lots of books out there about the Lucan case – those of us who were around then will [more…]

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Inside the Neolithic Mind

4th April 2019 Going Postal 0

This is a rather niche book, but I know there are (at least) a few Puffins keen on archaeology, so I thought it might be of interest. It explores, as the subtitle says, ‘consciousness, cosmos [more…]

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Arts

English Alabaster

29th August 2018 Going Postal 0

On a mini-break to London some years ago, we decided to have a look round the Courtauld Gallery (in the old Somerset House, which used for decades to be the central registry of birth, marriages [more…]

Hobbies

Solving Cryptic Crosswords – Some Hints

28th July 2018 Going Postal 0

A Puffin asked in the comments recently if someone could do a post on this, as he had always been interested in having a go at them but didn’t know where to start. So here [more…]

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