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Desert Mystery: “Letters from a Feldgrau” Part Two

5th March 2025 Going Postal 2028 Comments

In Part 1, I recounted what Hans Coutandin had written to his girlfriend Eva Möller in his letters of early 1941 as he transitioned from being an “Arbeitsmann” in the “RAD-Abteilung 3/250” to be in [more…]

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Every Button is a Bit of France

3rd December 2024 Going Postal 2635 Comments

18 August 1944 Ten minutes ago the shock-headed young signalman came swaying across the signals deck and grinned at me. He made a noise like a dive-bomber and his hands mimed an Focke-Wulf Fw 190 [more…]

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Algiers in May 1944, By John Alldridge

26th November 2024 Going Postal 2603 Comments

The stout proprietor of the Cafe de la Liberte across the street was tugging down the yellow and red striped awning as I passed him this morning. In the lounge of the Aletti Hotel they [more…]

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A true Beauty – The Depth and Limits of Alain Delon

16th October 2024 Going Postal 2028 Comments

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…]

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European Journey 1953, Part Eight – Sezanne

15th October 2024 Going Postal 2229 Comments

This small French town of Sezanne is one of those places — like Crewe — that you are always passing through but somehow never get to know. Three routes nationales converge on it like the [more…]

21st Century

Macron & Ruto, Part Two

9th October 2024 Going Postal 2875 Comments

Dark clouds gather over Paris and Nairobi as the administrations of France’s President Macron and Kenya’s William Ruto become increasingly authoritarian. Noé Michalon and Syo Ivia take up the story… A growing accountability deficit The [more…]

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Macron & Ruto

2nd October 2024 Going Postal 2625 Comments

The parallels between France and Kenya, and between Emmanuel Macron and William Ruto, lead us to question what fundamental trends brought both countries to experience quite similar crises, to which both leaders responded in a [more…]

21st Century

France Isolated in its Proposal to Send Troops to Fight Russia

19th June 2024 Going Postal 3187 Comments

By Lucas Leiroz, member of the BRICS Journalists Association, researcher at the Center for Geostrategic Studies, military expert. France appears increasingly isolated in its decision to intervene directly in the Ukrainian conflict. Not even major [more…]

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It’s all become too tiresome (insert meme)

4th January 2024 Going Postal 5063 Comments

The departure date for a new life outside the United Kingdom is fast approaching. Yes,it is with a very heavy heart that I leave the country I have grown up in and loved. Some will [more…]

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