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Always Worth Saying’s Railway Review

5th July 2025 Always Worth Saying 1936 Comments

One tires of the streetcars of Paramaribo, the mineral railways of the Amazon, and even of rural Albania in the 1980s. Railway Review’s roving reportage shall change continents and seek excitement (but not too much) [more…]

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Return to First Principles to End Wars in the Middle East

24th June 2025 Patrick Barron 2697 Comments

The world is being driven to war, possibly nuclear war, by current leaders who want their citizens to believe that that there are no other options. This is patently NOT TRUE. Let us explore first [more…]

21st Century

Deeper in the Dirt

9th October 2024 Going Postal 2029 Comments

Two of my recent articles deal with the militarily useful information Iran might gain from their own pre-notified “swarm” attack on Israel and the recent retaliation by client Hezbollah for the killing of one of [more…]

21st Century

A Mushroom May Yet Bloom

2nd October 2024 Going Postal 2487 Comments

In a previous post, “Will Mushrooms Bloom in Haifa?” I postulated that Iran’s recent swarm attack might not be a simple, if potentially deadly, diplomatic slap at Israel for killing one of their progeny’s leaders [more…]

21st Century

Will Mushrooms Bloom in Haifa?

25th September 2024 Going Postal 2060 Comments

Underneath the appropriate concern of conventional airborne attacks on Israel by Iran and its progeny lies an anxious appraisal of a potential nuclear attack. That fear is the basic driving force of U.S. policy towards [more…]

20th Century

Desert Mysteries Redux – Part Three

17th July 2024 Going Postal 2449 Comments

Before my late uncle could take part in “air policing” the Middle East (see Part 1) and when not exploring the local sights and antiquities (see Part 2), he was learning to fly. My uncle [more…]

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Disaster at Lockerbie

13th July 2024 Always Worth Saying 3357 Comments

Returning home from our day trip to Edinburgh, myself and Mrs AWS have pause for thought as we eat our Burger Kings in Standard Premium and watch the Scottish Lowlands flash past from the train [more…]

20th Century

Desert Journey, Part Two

13th February 2024 Going Postal 2678 Comments

In 1961 my uncle, John Alldridge spent some time on the set of Lawrence of Arabia and reported his experiences for the Birmingham Mail – Jerry F Jebel Tubeiq, in the desert I’ve done some [more…]

20th Century

Desert Journey, Part One

6th February 2024 Going Postal 2734 Comments

In 1961 my uncle, John Alldridge spent some time on the set of Lawrence of Arabia and reported his experiences for the Birmingham Mail – Jerry F Akaba, Jordan I am writing this on the [more…]

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