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Beautiful Kashmir

21st May 2025 Always Worth Saying 2764 Comments

Never travel to a country that’s a funny colour on the map, or worse still, described by different coloured diagonal lines. Disputed territory is not only the cartographer’s nightmare, but also that of the traveller.
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The Uncontacted Shore

12th April 2025 Always Worth Saying 1625 Comments

Under a waning moon, three furtive figures make their way towards the island’s Constance Bay. Silent, gaunt and burdened, they carry two canvas bags bearing scant rations and a few petty, pilfered provisions — enough [more…]

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A Train Journey

17th February 2025 Going Postal 2296 Comments

We woke up at 6 o’clock, packed our packs and clutching our 2nd class, reserved berth tickets caught our favourite rickshaw for the 10 minute journey to Margao station where our train to Bangalore was [more…]

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Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred and Sixty-Three

22nd December 2024 Going Postal 2564 Comments

Monday Good morning all, there’s a bit of watery sun this morning but it’s a bit chilly. It also a happy day here in No 10 where both Legohead and Robber Reeves are out of [more…]

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The Adani Group and India’s Spheres of Influence

18th December 2024 Going Postal 2784 Comments

Is the Adani Group Narendra Modi’s Trojan Horse in India’s efforts to counterbalance China’s expanding influence across the Indian Ocean and Africa​? December 12, 2024 The issues surrounding the Adani Group and its deals in [more…]

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Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Fifty-Seven

10th November 2024 Going Postal 1841 Comments

Monday Good morning from a grey and not very nice morning in Westminster, where at least it is dry. Legohead was up early this morning as he is off to Birmingham to give a “pre-Budget” [more…]

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A Voyage to India, 1888

22nd October 2024 Going Postal 2244 Comments

In October, 1888, Miss Kate Pettitt sailed from Liverpool to Bombay in the steamship Eden Hall.She was going to India as a governess with an English family from Manchester. The voyage took five weeks, and [more…]

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A Letter From India

8th October 2024 Going Postal 2160 Comments

After qualifying, I’d worked in Basildon for four years before deciding that there was more to life than staring into people’s mouths. I’d met a girl and we decided that we would give up our [more…]

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Desert Mysteries Redux – Part Four

24th July 2024 Going Postal 2556 Comments

In Part 3, I included a photograph of a Hawker Hart with most of its fabric covering stripped off as a potential Desert Mystery regarding its fate. Further research has revealed that K4907 apparently had [more…]

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