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Anger Is An Energy, by John Lydon

4th November 2025 Going Postal 2755 Comments

‘They put a hot wire to my head Cos of the things I did and said They made these feelings go away Model citizen in every way’ (From Anger Is An Energy, the song) Given [more…]

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How Not To Be A Political Wife, by Sarah Vine

20th October 2025 Going Postal 2297 Comments

Here it is, hot off the press – a peek straight into the heart of Cameroonian Britain, through the eyes of a true insider. Sarah Vine was married to Michael Gove throughout the whole débacle, [more…]

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Stories from the Age of Sail

22nd September 2025 Going Postal 2266 Comments

I was going to call this article ‘Wooden Ships and Iron Men’ but then I discovered that Avalon Hill beat me to it about fifty years ago, so ‘Stories from the Age of Sail’ will [more…]

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Star Trek Continues – Web Series Review, Part 1

9th September 2025 Going Postal 2361 Comments

I have fond memories of sitting on the sofa next to my dad in the mid-1970s watching Star Trek on BBC 1 on a Saturday evening.  I would have been about 6 or 7 at [more…]

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Book Review: I Survived, by Victoria Cilliers

3rd September 2025 Going Postal 2805 Comments

The recent tragic suicide by parachute jump of  experienced skydiver Jade Damarell, widely reported in the media, brought to mind the Cilliers case of a few years ago, which Victoria Cilliers goes into in this [more…]

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East West Street

25th August 2025 Going Postal 2366 Comments

In 2022 I reviewed a book called “The Ratline” by Philippe Sands (Book Review: The Ratline).  A book which taught me so much about Nazi Germany and the general history of WWII in Europe. East [more…]

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Book Review: On top of the world – Mallory and Irvine

19th August 2025 Going Postal 3066 Comments

With the somewhat macabre discovery of Andrew ‘Sandy’ Irvine’s foot, still in its boot, on Everest last October – Mallory’s body having been found some years before – my interest was awakened in the vast [more…]

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Always Worth Saying’s Glasto Review

4th July 2025 Always Worth Saying 2310 Comments

Glasto 27th-29th June 2025 Present: Charli xcx Bob Vylan Neil Young Venue: Glastonbury What a struggle it was, but on your behalf this humble reviewer — devastated by the absence of Question Time during the [more…]

19th Century

Book review: Custer’s Trials, by T.J. Stiles

6th May 2025 Going Postal 2224 Comments

Writing another biography of Custer (1839-1876) is, as Stiles says, a bit like walking round Grand Central Station trying to find a piece of floor someone hasn’t already stepped on. Such is the fascination with [more…]

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