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Pink Floyd – Piper at the Gates of Dawn

8th December 2023 Going Postal 0

A friend and I, in an effort to broaden our musical appreciation, agreed to listen to and review albums we would never normally listen to. Due to the effort this involved, the scope broadened after [more…]

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Throbbing Gristle – DOA The Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle (1978)

24th November 2023 Going Postal 0

In order to understand 1978’s DOA the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle by Throbbing Gristle (Yorkshire slang for, well, a pulsating male member) it’s important to have an understanding of TG and their [more…]

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Koffi Olomide – Haut de Gamme (1992)

10th November 2023 Going Postal 0

Haut de gamme (“Top of the line”) is an apt title for an album by Koffi Olomide; a man who, in 2001, said of himself “I am different, I have class”. Quite. Haut de gamme, [more…]

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Last Night Of The Proms 2023 – A Puffin’s eye view

8th October 2023 Going Postal 0

This particular night has been a very long time coming; pretty much forty years to be precise. I remember first watching the Last Night as a yoof and taking in the spectacle on TV in [more…]

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‘Ultra-Processed People: Why Do We All Eat Stuff That Isn’t Food … and Why Can’t We Stop?’ By Chris van Tulleken

14th September 2023 Going Postal 0

Ultra-Processed Foods have been getting a lot more press recently and I’d been wanting to know more about the subject beyond the few articles I’d read and this book seemed as good as any.  The [more…]

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Furst amongst equals

19th April 2023 Going Postal 0

There are spy novels…. & novels about spies. Fleming, Deighton & Le Carre definitely wrote the former (& in doing so laid bare their inner classist prejudices) , whilst Ambler, Greene, & Conrad constructed far [more…]

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Always Worth Saying’s Papal Funeral Review

6th January 2023 Always Worth Saying 2

It’s not often a reviewer has an opportunity to cast a critical eye across a papal funeral, although in the bizarre times in which we live having two Popes on the go at once is [more…]

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Always Worth Saying’s Christmas Comedy Club Review

30th December 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

In a hyper-competitive media world of streaming, multi-channel TV, high-quality witty blogs and the internet, a unique entertainment selling point is more important than ever. But is it wise for a comedian to boast that [more…]

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Always Worth Saying’s Harry & Meghan Review

23rd December 2022 Always Worth Saying 1

I know a Blessing, she is Nigerian. And Gift from Tanzania, named after his natal day – the early January festival when the faithful celebrate the Wise Men giving to baby Jesus. I knew twins [more…]

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