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The Swaling, Part Twenty

12th September 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

Myself and my duplicitous American colleague, Tammy, are in Tangiers. Becoming a familiar sight about the port, we are starting to attract the attention of a Tangier set. A semi-anonymous caller, passing as a ‘Mr [more…]

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The Swaling, Part Nineteen

5th September 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

I’m on the rooftop of my cheap hotel in Tangiers. I have escorted the duplicitous Miss Tammy back to the luxurious Royal Maroc, after another night photographing the notorious comings and goings at the Port [more…]

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The Swaling, Part Eighteen

29th August 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

And that was our routine. For the following nights, I would collect Tammy from the Royal Maroc, just after dark, take her to my establishment and pay her in. The night would be spent on [more…]

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The Swaling, Part Seventeen

22nd August 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

We’re at a beach near Tangiers, saved from the worst of the city’s sprawl and its hustlers by being some way around the coast. Tammy has just told me that she assumes our mission to [more…]

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The Swaling, Part Sixteen

15th August 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

We’re in the western Mediterranean, on the North African side. Literally in it, myself and Tammy are embarked upon an afternoon swim having escaped from the ever-present pestering mob of Tangiers hustlers, to the empty [more…]

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The Swaling, Part Fifteen

8th August 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

After breakfast, myself and Tammy addressed the world beyond the comfort of the Royal Maroc Hotel. We were rewarded by being mobbed, pulled at and tugged. They wanted to take us to shops, the Casbah, [more…]

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The Swaling, Part Fourteen

1st August 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

Rather than being in a nun’s hostel, or a train compartment (with the Spanish army sleeping in the luggage racks), we’re on a balcony at the Royal Maroc hotel in Tangiers, thanks to Tammy and [more…]

20th Century

The Desert War – an Introduction

13th May 2020 well_chuffed 0

Something inspired me to do a series of articles on the North African Campaign or Desert War as it it is also known. A quick look at the timeline and it seemed to be oh [more…]

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