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Jacques Hughes

20th Century

Lessons from Churchill

6th March 2025 Going Postal 2899 Comments

Many of you may well be familiar with this outstanding biography of Winston Spencer Churchill first published in 2018. Over 982 pages, and splendidly subtitled “Walking with Destiny”, the eminent historian Andrew Roberts manages to [more…]

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Total knee replacement

18th January 2024 Going Postal 2833 Comments

The NHS will be playing no part whatsoever in this article Background or “Why should anyone care about your bloody knee?” A few weeks ago I asked the question on GP whether anyone had any [more…]

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2,4,6,8 Motorway

13th September 2023 Going Postal 2178 Comments

Back when motoring was fun…. Tom Robinson was singing this song about our road network to us back in the Seventies, when he wasn’t sharing his anthemic “Sing if you’re glad to be gay”. That [more…]

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Postcard from Texas

1st January 2023 Going Postal 5037 Comments

Introductory sweeping generalisations Well, yeehah y’all! Just a few words to bring you an update on the second biggest state in the USA. They say there are three seasons in Texas: July, August and summer. [more…]

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Confessions of a campsite courier, Part 3

8th March 2021 Going Postal 3579 Comments

Il jouait du piano debout C’est peut-être un détail pour vous Mais pour moi, ça veut dire beaucoup Ça veut dire qu’il était libre Heureux d’être là malgré tout Il jouait du piano debout Il [more…]

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Confessions of a campsite courier, Part 2

27th January 2021 Going Postal 3741 Comments

Je vous parle d’un temps Que les moins de vingt ans Ne peuvent pas connaître …..  C’est là qu’on s’est connu Moi qui criait famine Et toi qui posais nue….. Charles Aznavour – La Bohème [more…]

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Confessions of a campsite courier, Part 1

24th November 2020 Going Postal 2433 Comments

Background For some of you, the title of this piece has probably resurrected memories of certain quality films from the 1970’s. Here, however, I have used the word “confessions” mainly for alliterative purposes. Not that [more…]

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Postkarte aus Bochum (Woanders ist auch Scheiße)

16th July 2020 Going Postal 3261 Comments

Herbert Grönemeyer made this town a whole lot more famous with his 1984 album “4630 Bochum”. More of Herr G later, but where, I hear some of you ask, is this magical place of which [more…]

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