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Halfcock’s a Tool of The Banks

15th March 2023 Going Postal 2615 Comments

The Torygraph’s “exposé” ignores the planning of the Convid response and its aftermath. Eugenics is the man without a face; the continuity that links families and regimes. Bojo had promised families would spend Christmas of [more…]

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A View From The Greenhouse (“Brexit” Disastrophe)

22nd February 2022 Colin Cross 3465 Comments

In Scotland and Lancashire they had (maybe they still do have) Wakes Week, a time when factories, mines and the like closed for 7 days to allow people to go to Blackpool, get pissed and [more…]

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Where have all the CEOs gone?

23rd November 2021 Rookwood 3891 Comments

“Boardroom” by TChapman9 is licensed under CC BY 2.0 According to NBC News, if you choose to place any faith whatsoever in the corrupt and corporatised media, over 1300 CEOs left their post just before the outbreak of the [more…]

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Rough Gardening In A Pandemic & 40 Things To Do…….

29th June 2021 Colin Cross 3548 Comments

An eventful couple of weeks on the political front has culminated in a horny Government Minister apologising (and having his apology accepted by the PM), not for shagging his bit of spare, but for “Breaking [more…]

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Gardening & Walking In A Pandemic (Panacea For Mind & Body)

20th April 2021 Colin Cross 3841 Comments

A quiet time in the greenhouse just now, the frosts just keep coming and I’m loathe to put the tomatoes, as healthy as they seem to be, in the cold frame just yet. I have [more…]

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Gardening In A Pandemic (Who’s Klaus Schwab When He’s All At Home Anyway?)

6th April 2021 Colin Cross 3441 Comments

It’s always nice to see the first lambs in the village fields. The three (just visible in the header picture) were born on Sunday 28th March, 4 days earlier than expected. This little field and [more…]

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Gardening In A Pandemic (Who’s Kidding WHO)

29th March 2021 Colin Cross 3347 Comments

The “art” of growing vegetables isn’t all about the act itself. If it were, we’d all be doing it and shops (especially greengrocers) wouldn’t exist. As is probably apparent, I take a somewhat relaxed attitude [more…]

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Rough Gardening In A Pandemic (Laying The Ground) RIP Norman

2nd March 2021 Colin Cross 1989 Comments

It’s no secret that, by now, we’re all heartily pissed off with this whole Covid business. I could write a litany of woes, some deeply personal, some widely shared and others purely observational that would, [more…]

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Have you had a Good Pandemic?

23rd September 2020 Going Postal 3967 Comments

Have you had a Good Pandemic? Well, dear Puffins, after six months of unemployment and six months before that having not much to do at work, I am soon going to start a new job [more…]

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