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Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Ninety-Two

17th August 2025 Always Worth Saying 0

Monday Good morning, my good friends, and it… guess what, it’s drizzling here in London, I could have predicted that with a Test match to be won. I saw that Angel Eagle doing the rounds [more…]

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Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Eighty-Seven

13th July 2025 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning all, the cat is back! I have had a lovely couple of weeks off and the weather has been pretty good. I have spent lots of time out on my favourite windowsill [more…]

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The Shiba Inu, as a dog

21st May 2025 Going Postal 0

This little Japanese breed is all over the internet with its cute face and happy vibes. Think “doge”…that dog. I’ve owned them before they were cool, and still own two, and know of another 5 [more…]

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How to be Top (Dog)

16th September 2021 Columba Palumbus 0

There is no such thing as the perfect gundog, and anyone who says there is should be ashamed of the barefaced lies they tell. There are some incredibly well trained dogs out there, and some [more…]

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A Dog’s Life

8th January 2021 Columba Palumbus 0

He was born in the maze of kennels and lean-tos in the back garden of an unassuming end terrace on the outskirts of Aldershot. The house was owned and inhabited by a strange and mysterious [more…]

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Meet Phoenix the Egyptian Duprasi – Last Update

23rd December 2020 Going Postal 0

Thanks Going Postaliers, for these wonderful ‘photographic adaptations’ – I saved them after my first article on Phoenix in June – they are in her photo file and much appreciated. But I have to write [more…]

Animals

Meet Phoenix, the Egyptian Duprasi

4th June 2020 Going Postal 0

Reaching the ripe old age of 61, being a bit of a hermit and having semi retired, I decided to act upon my love of small animals and adopt a hamster. Having looked after hamsters [more…]

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Want To Pulverise Stress? Get A Furry BFF!

12th October 2019 Going Postal 0

People in the UK are reeling under stress, according to the Mental Health Foundation, with 74% of people feeling that they cannot cope with this burden. Because stress is strongly linked to Type 2 diabetes, heart [more…]

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Do You Like Chillies?

1st August 2018 Æthelberht 0

In the comments which nobody reads I often post photos of my parrots. In some photos I’ve posted they’re eating chillies. Some people have asked why I feed my birds hot chillies every day and [more…]

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