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Spring 2026

20th Century

Standing with Giants: A Postcard from Pompey

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‘Twas on a grey, damp and dismal day in January that, together with a couple of my ‘dementia friends’, I headed off to Fort Nelson, one of Palmerston’s Follies. This particular Fort is not quite [more…]

Holmes and Watson interrogate the night watchman.
19th Century

The Scrapbook of Sherlock Holmes, 1/6: The Six Puffins. Part 2 of 2

12th April 2026 Tachybaptus 0

We all looked into the vault, lit by the thin winter daylight seeping through the window behind us. Indeed there was no trace of anything but the pallet lying forlornly in the middle of the [more…]

America

The Iran War reveals who lives in a fantasy world

9th April 2026 Going Postal 0

Whether you like it or hate it, the war in Iran has definitely had the effect of exposing some of the ridiculous fantasies in the world to a serious dose of reality. Consider the UK. [more…]

Arts

Reading – A Love Story: The Staff 1977-1982

8th April 2026 Going Postal 0

In my last piece I realised there was so much material about my high school days that it couldn’t possibly fit into one article. This is not about reading but the staff at my high [more…]

20th Century

Black Chips Down in Somaliland

8th April 2026 Going Postal 0

Americans know Somalia from the film “Black Hawk Down” based on the U.S. intervention of 1993. The U.S. had armed Somalia’s strong man, Siad Barre, as a counter to Ethiopia’s Marxist government, but with the [more…]

Literature

Words Part – The Last

6th April 2026 Going Postal 0

Words are the currency of communication; endlessly combined they express every emotions, pass on knowledge, contribute to an ordered society and fulfil many, many more functions. The Bee Gees had it right: ‘Words, words are [more…]

Holmes and Watson
19th Century

The Scrapbook of Sherlock Holmes, 1/6: The Six Puffins. Part 1 of 2

5th April 2026 Tachybaptus 0

During the many years I spent with my friend the famous consulting detective Sherlock Holmes I have had the privilege of publishing accounts of many of his cases, almost without exception triumphantly brought to a [more…]

Arts

Reading – A Love Story: I Won’t Back Down 1975-76

1st April 2026 Going Postal 0

Emigrating to Australia was a very big deal indeed. I hadn’t been further than places like Land’s End, Pembroke and New Brighton – certainly not out of the UK. The last few weeks were a [more…]

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A Brave New World is being born, whilst the Old One Is Dying

1st April 2026 Going Postal 0

The imposed capitulation : a surrender document disguised as “negotiation” presented to Iran by the US is already dead & buried.  The non-plan plan – imposing demands while begging for a ceasefire – includes zero [more…]

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