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Going Postal

Requiem for a Puffin

2nd October 2022 Going Postal 1817 Comments

I never knowingly crossed comments with Roger Ackroyd and Old Trout was just before my time, or others that have died in between for that matter; but Roger’s death has got my creative juices flowing. [more…]

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A View From The Greenhouse, A “Mini” Postcard, The Right To Choose

28th June 2022 Colin Cross 3134 Comments

I never enter the greenhouse these days without at least a sense of trepidation. The worst’s over, that much is clear and those plants which haven’t been totally ruined, even if they aren’t looking as [more…]

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Puffins March For Freedom

27th June 2021 Always Worth Saying 1065 Comments

Saturday the 26th of June saw another well attended, not least by Puffins, anti-lockdown Freedom March in London. As usual, the run-up to the event was embargoed by mainstream media with no advanced publicity except [more…]

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Puffins March For Freedom!

26th June 2021 Always Worth Saying 2852 Comments

In a week in which thousands of senior EUFA officials, sponsors and hangers-on have been given the green light to attend Euro 2020 football matches at Wembley out-with quarantine, Britain still remains in partial lockdown [more…]

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Puffins on the March

30th May 2021 Always Worth Saying 1034 Comments

Yesterday central London saw an impressive turnout of Puffins (thirty plus) and many hundreds of thousands of others on a Freedom March protesting a variety of issues brought about by the coronavirus pandemic: vaccines, lockdowns, [more…]

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Puffins March for Freedom

29th May 2021 Always Worth Saying 1920 Comments

Today is the big day This time Unite For Freedom are aiming to make an impact that THEY can’t ignore. Today’s march is anticipated to be the most enormous event of its kind with hundreds [more…]

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Return to Puffin Island

17th May 2021 Going Postal 3487 Comments

As there has already been a postcard from Lundy by Bassman, I am writing this as a complimentary continuation.  A few years ago I spent a few days on the island with friends so had [more…]

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Puffins March For Freedom!

24th April 2021 Always Worth Saying 1587 Comments

During the pandemic, coronavirus legislation has been enacted giving sweeping powers to the authorities which infringe upon our human rights, despite their being passed with no proper parliamentary scrutiny. Do we still live in a [more…]

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You’ve Been Framed

4th February 2021 SharpieType301 3207 Comments

Well, my fine, feathered, Fraterculae friends, before you skip straight away to the comments which no-one ever reads, a little disclaimer. Despite the title, this piece is most definitely not connected to the brash, uncrowned [more…]

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