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Castles in the air: the restoration adventures of two young optimists and a crumbling old mansion by Judy Corbett

9th June 2022 Going Postal 3536 Comments

Bit of a different style of review this time. I know there are a few who enjoy a spooky story on GP, as do I – especially when it’s one apparently based in reality. So [more…]

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Stories from the Shelf, Volume One

25th May 2022 Roger Ackroyd 1789 Comments

Browsing secondhand bookshop shelves has been one of life’s delights, from the time I was barely in my teens and visiting the Croydon Bookshop in the Old Town (now long demolished to accommodate the flyover) [more…]

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Ancestors: A prehistory of Britain in seven burials, by Alice Roberts

24th May 2022 Going Postal 2828 Comments

One of my favourite tv moments was when we saw Alice Roberts approach an eminent palaeontologist on site. He dropped what he was doing. ‘Hello, Alice’ he said warmly, walking towards the camera, extending her [more…]

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The future of UK Politics and the Rise of Islam

19th May 2022 Phil the Ex Test Manager 3406 Comments

In 1997 Tony Bliar opened the floodgates to uncontrolled migration, then deliberately shut down debate and discussion, as anyone who mentioned anything about it was called a racist. The conclusion I reached was that by [more…]

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Lee Brilleaux: rock n roll gentleman, by Zoë Howe

18th April 2022 Going Postal 2751 Comments

The time is the mid 1970s. The place is Canvey Island. The band is the dynamic “proto-punk” outfit known as Dr Feelgood. (I put inverted commas round proto-punk because, although that is what some music [more…]

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Board Game Review: Twilight Struggle

24th March 2022 Going Postal 2974 Comments

If you think of board games, traditional favourites such as Monopoly, Cluedo or Risk probably come to mind. However, in the late 1990s and 2000s a new generation of board games started being developed that [more…]

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The Real Anthony Fauci, By Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

8th March 2022 Going Postal 4451 Comments

The first step is to give up the illusion that the primary purpose of modern medical research is to improve American’s health. In our opinion, the primary purpose of commercially funded clinical research is to [more…]

20th Century

Book Review: The Ratline

20th January 2022 Going Postal 4628 Comments

I don’t read non-fiction books that often, however I’m glad I picked The Ratline up when I was idly browsing suitable reading material for a holiday last year (the holiday got cancelled). For, those (like [more…]

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Book Review: The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton

23rd September 2021 Going Postal 3960 Comments

This is the second novel by Stuart Turton, his first being the excellent The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, which I reviewed a few months ago. Turton has created another ‘whodunit’ story, this time on [more…]

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