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Fabulously Festive Fridays: NOT YET!!

28th November 2025 Going Postal 0

 Oh my gawd – he’s gorn early! Season’s greetings and Christmas apologies, pop pickers, and please be welcome to tonight’s Fabulously Festive Friday and another of our light-loafered, lubed-up googlies from the gasworks-end of musical [more…]

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Jinnie’s Story, Book Nine – Chapter Seven

27th November 2025 Going Postal 0

Jinnie sat in the back of Sir Nigel’s Rolls and watched the snowy Sussex countryside slid past. Much to the twins’ dismay the fall had been very light in the South unlike in the North [more…]

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Postcard From Northumbria, Part Two

26th November 2025 Going Postal 0

The second half of our trip into Northumberland started with a drive into the countryside to the village of Heatherslaw which is the home of the furthest north narrow-gauge steam railway in England. The Heatherslaw [more…]

Authoritarianism

Why Courage — Not Convenience — Is the Foundation of Free Speech

26th November 2025 Going Postal 0

In an age obsessed with stability, optimisation, and institutional authority, we are losing sight of the simplest truth: freedom of speech is the core condition for national and international security. Not because speech itself is [more…]

Economics

“Sometimes, the only winning move is not to play”

25th November 2025 Going Postal 0

This was the conclusion of the assessment of legendary investor Michael Burry regarding the current market conditions. To be precise, his take as recently posted on X, in full, was “Sometimes, we see bubbles. Sometimes, there [more…]

Literature

Words, Part Five

23rd November 2025 Going Postal 0

Above the portico a flag-staff, bearing the Union Jack, remained fluttering in the flames for some time, but ultimately when it fell the crowds rent the air with shouts, and seemed to see significance in [more…]

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Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Six

23rd November 2025 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning my friends, a horrible grey and wet morning today. It makes a change not to be reporting Legohead’s problems this morning but instead taking about the BBC. It is rudderless this morning, [more…]

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Downfall, Chapter Sixteen

22nd November 2025 Going Postal 0

Sally moved the boat out into the river slowly, “no speed yet, I want to see the handover first.” They were around a mile from the yacht. Dave was standing, his feet were wedged under [more…]

Arts

Jinnie’s Story, Book Nine – Chapter Six

20th November 2025 Going Postal 0

When Jinnie chose treacle tart and custard for her dessert the waiter asked if she wanted ice cream as well and it got her thinking. Who supplied P&O with their ice cream, she wondered. It [more…]

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