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Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Ninety-One

10th August 2025 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning, friend, and it is a very pleasant one—dry, warm, and sunny. Legohead is off to Scottishland later to talk to the Donald, who is over to open a new golf course, so [more…]

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Return To The Jernbanemysterium

8th March 2025 Always Worth Saying 0

A phrase lingers in the mind. In passing, Mr. DH — my colleague, a fellow Puffin to us all, and master of that mysterious gift known as the turn of phrase — once summed up [more…]

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Yes, I Got a Heat Pump or, Why Greta Loves Me Longtime

26th June 2024 Going Postal 0

Previously, on “Heat my House” My house is a fairly typical Swedish design, built in the 60s ( it’s 2 years younger than me) with hot water radiators. The whole house, including the heated cellar, [more…]

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Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Thirty-Nine

16th June 2024 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning everyone and it’s beautifully warm and sunny here in Westminster today, although it looks like summer ends tomorrow. The election announcements keep coming thick and fast, and I am wondering why the [more…]

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Larry’s Diary – Week Two Hundred And Twenty-Six

17th March 2024 Going Postal 0

Monday Morning all and my prayers have been answered this morning, it’s beautifully sunny this morning. It’s still not that warm but I love the sunshine. I see that Penny Mordent is selling that striking [more…]

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Postcard From Kiruna

29th December 2023 Always Worth Saying 0

Having been presented with the key to the door, my wilful 21-year-old self used the opportunity to close the lock tightly behind him and allow the trade winds to billow his sails north, all the [more…]

20th Century

Mystery Album , Part Sixteen

1st January 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

Last time on Mystery Album I forgot to tell Puffins that the first Swedish monarch, King Gustav VI Adolph, to be interred at Kungliga Begravningsplatsen and away from Riddarholmen Church (apart from the wayward Christina) [more…]

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Mystery Album, Part Fifteen

27th December 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

Last time on Mystery Album our mystery posh mystery photographer family looked out from a Stockholm City Hall corridor, next to the Golden Hall used for the Nobel Prize winner’s ball, towards the Riddarholmen where [more…]

20th Century

Mystery Album, Part Fourteen

18th December 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

On last week’s Mystery Album we surmised our mystery posh mystery family of travelling photographers de-shipped at the dockside in Stockholm sometime after 1925. For those wondering (Postcard from Lille style), are we there yet? [more…]

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