Drinking
The Spring 2026 Competition
It’s been a while but to encourage you to contribute articles I thought I’d run another competition. One small difference this time apart from the lack of holidays abroad I am going to choose the [more…]
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Arts
Going Postal 2026
Happy New Year puffins. Not sure what 2026 has in store for us but some stoicism is probably in order. Things to look forward to: Summer, Bash, Starmer being helicoptered to Stryker’s Island and the [more…]
Arts
In The Bleak Midwinter
This is a poem written by Christina Rossetti, set to music first by Gustav Holst in 1906 and then by Harold Darke in 1911. This is by Darke : Swiss Bob 2025
Economics
UK Autumn Budget 2025 Summary
Tax and spend, tax and spend, tax and spend. © Swiss Bob 2025
Going Postal
An improbability of puffinry
Celebration Dinner Hard to believe but early next year it will be GP’s tenth anniversary. In celebration of that event there will be a dinner at the usual place in West London. Nothing booked yet [more…]
Going Postal
Going Postal
Bash 2025 Report
The site has changed under the new owner. Perhaps not quite as bucolic but it’s good to see the place busy and hopefully making money because the alternative would likely be another housing estate. Things [more…]
Going Postal
Bash 2025 Weekend
It will be a decent crowd with a mix of old hands and newbies. Be gentle with them. We normally do a whip round for Saturday morning booze and food shopping. £10-£15 if you’re not [more…]
Engineering
Home Backup Systems, Part Three
Four months on So far I am very pleased with it. No alarms, no problems and good customer service from both sales and technical support. I’m not saying other vendors aren’t as good but Pecron [more…]