John Ogden | Going Postal

The Mossdale Tragedy – Part Two

17th October 2019 Blown Periphery 0

On 24rd June 1967, while I was preparing to fail my 11-Plus exam and assemblies of foppish young men were mincing around “Swinging” London in Velvet smoking jackets and frill-fronted shirts, a group of ten [more…]

A Bear’s Diary – Part 28

30th June 2019 0

June 3rd, 1811. The city of New York lies in a broad river estuary whose wooded slopes give no hint of what will appear around the corner. The river is divided into several channels, forming [more...]
Crossword No. 125

4th July 2020 0

First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a GP mug. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Sunday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Last week’s winner. 124 jgm2 ( I really will get [more...]
Book Review: A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles by Thomas Sowell – Part 2

17th October 2019 0

Published by Quill, an imprint of William Morrow & Co. 1988 paperback edition (first published 1987) ISBN 0-688-07951-2 In the previous part of this review and discussion, we looked at Part I of Thomas Sowell’s [more...]
The Grand Siege of Malta 1565 – Part 3

20th December 2019 0

The Attack on Fort St Elmo The Grand Master assumed that the Turks would continue to attack the forts of St Angelo and St Michael, but two Christian renegades who had become Muslims to save [more...]
BBC – It’s The Unique Way I’ve Removed Your Funding, Part Two

23rd July 2016 0

I had carried out quite intensive research on the legalities of not paying for a TV Licence. The wording on the main TV Licensing site and the Communications Act were confusing, contradictory especially when it [more...]