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18. I have a request of readers

There’s a girl on X and she’s one of the ones I think in the report. She asked how she could publish her story … yes, typical case of what we’ve seen. I promised I’d ask our readers on the blog.

Thing with me is I can instapublish a story here or make a new blogpage anytime … easy enough but that’s not what is needed. I also had my own tale, Masquerade, looked at by commercial publishers, different thing again. I also know about Leggy.

Thing is though that I’ve never self-published in the sense readers understand, e.g. Kindle, whatever.

There are also security implications … for her, for me, for us here. There needs to be a female intermediary in this too, e.g. Sammy W, or Katie. Thinking overnight on’t.

17. I’ve asked this before but anyone know Mike’s sister’s name?

16. Revolving door

15. The boys are right on top of the topic

14. Summertime … and the living is … easy?

13. Gold

12. Just love this, however accurate it is

… or is not …

I know two on the 29th and two on the 7th … one of the latter is Queen Bess. I say nuffink y’hear! Nuffink!

11. The betrayal of Brexit by the political class, under the deep state

The Brexit referendum was on this day in 2016 and the wrongdoers above tried everything to rig it. Having failed, mainly due to the north, the various PMs ensured Brexit never properly happened, the traitors.

Cameron’s promise:

 

(1008) Stay alive, readers, keep sipping. (1034)

 

10. Moo corner

Never said our ethnic stock were not eccentric at times. Is it the tea or the ale?

9. International concord

Interesting one … Italian, plus American, probably plus us, versus spawn of satan Leyen.

8. Buyers’ remorse?

7. DAD, Steve and IYE

… in their neck of the woods, early morn today:

6. When plod are way out of line

South Yorkshire police are now investigating this shocking viral video.

South Yorkshire Police has described the footage as "nothing short of shocking".

In the video, one of the officers accuses the group of girls of "breaching the peace", ordering them to disperse. https://t.co/7pCOQ0AxkJ

— Donna Louise (@DonnaLouise1212) June 23, 2026

 

That couple of posts at OoL and Jstack now are about perspective … laying each major point on the table, stepping back and looking at it in the light of hindsight. Socio-political. There are also art, film, music and architecural eras.

Then we can go direct to geographical parallels:

While I was in the south of Sicily for some months, I never realised I was on the same geographical parallel as Tunis and Barcelona (roughly). However, on the second map, look at the deep south gulf coast of Bama (Toodles). I mean, how far away, yet close. Now look at the right or east of the Russkie map … Omsk to Moscow … that’s where I was for over a decade.

Which brings me to timelines and humans, people I’ve known. I once had a ladyfriend from the Ukraine. Her mother showed me a photo of herself as a child, running out to hand an in-marching German soldier a flower. Those sorts of things stay with me.

1967 was a highly significant year for me … my perspective goes back to around 1884, no further back … and forward to around 1997 … the rest we all know about. That girl in 1967, and I, are still corresponding. So is 1962. So is Russia around 2001. Those things are important to me … seems to them too.

Then we have a whole different world … N.O. and Unherdables (2006 to 2026 so far). Remember plandemic during that?

Melancholy? Nah … just thankful for a rich past and present.

(0720) Morning all, already been out and the early morn is nice. (0821)

 

5. Can a convicted crook hold high office?

4. Crimes against humanity itself

3. Steve at 1420

• Trump says Vandals Who Left “300 Foot Long Gash” and Dumped Chemicals in Reflecting Pool will Face 10 Years in Prison
• Trump Cleans Up DC – Releases Amazing List of Renovations, Including 45 Restored Monuments, 28 Restored Statues, and 8 Statues Installed
• Colombia Announces Election Results in One Day… While California Marxists Won’t Report Election Results for 2 More Weeks – Five Weeks After Election Day
• GiveSendGo Fundraiser Nears $100,000 for Texas Healthcare Worker Fired for Viral Confrontation with Moose Limb Woman at a Grocery Store
• Military Situation In [The] Ukraine On June 22, 2026
• Magnesium and Heart Health: Three Key Benefits Supported by Experts
• New Zealand wants to introduce age verification for all because social media causes negative body image in under-16s
• Much more.

2. Of reflecting pools and digital ID

All right … there’s the issue itself … and then there’s this “age restricted” on X … wot, I’m restricted from seeing prongraphic naughty scenes of a reflecting pool? Is this a sane decision by someone at X?

1. DAD at 1420

a) France descends into chaos again during ‘Fête de la Musique’. The Fête de la Musique music festival once again filled streets and public squares across France on June 21, but it also left behind a trail of incidents…….

b) Feminists are increasingly joining “Witchcraft Communes” to fill the Spiritual Void.

c) What is the point of Germany’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) any more? ….

d) As U.S.-Iran negotiations got off the rocky start in Switzerland, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin revealed Sunday that Tehran tried to sneak several military-tied operatives into the United States with its World Cup soccer team.

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15. Moo corner

14. Fine

13. Heat pumps

12. Powered by diesel

11. Ethnicity

IYE brought Miss Marple earlier … did I post and get on with the next job? Did I heck … I watched 3×54 mins of it, thinking what to have tomorrow apart from Dragnet.

Suddenly youtube dropped William Powell and Myrna Loy in Shadow of Thin Man in my lap … had to check out the embeddability … yep, fine but British audiences and modern American might not know about this pair.

Essentially, we’re talking screen chemistry and knowing the back story helps too. The pair might not grab you, especially in this slightly lesser third episode but it sure grabbed audiences, that whole series … they could not get enough late 30s till just postwar. I’m sure you can guess why, given the tough wartime and the need for wisecracking comedy.

What audiences also picked up on was the real chemistry too between the the protagonists … the audiences could not get enough, plus the copy is excellent … someone has done a labour of love there. When I was in Russia, similar happened with what they called staroye kino or old cinema … if one such filum was on tele, I observed natives dropping everything, grabbing a drink and sitting around, watching. With the end of communism, it was their equivalent of us and the US.

That’s why the notion of outposts of Christendom being at war with other outposts is sheer bleedin’ stoopid. Or else the psychos above us are pushing this … which is a theme at this blog.

Anyway, Rupert yesterday was goaded into attacking “ethnats” … see the misuse of the label, and Restorers know that behind this was Alistair Hilton, his “media manager” who calls this BNP types, fascists … doing the Left’s work for them.

Stoopid Rupert was doing this Faragist backtracking. Reaction was swift:

Did I ever go out on the street shouting: “Down with Russia, Rule Britannia!” Did I ever try that in the States or Canada? Did I suddenly insist, if the family were watching a movie, to take it out and put one of mine instead? That sort of thing is beyond the pale.

Attitude. Behaviour. When in someone else’s country.

So WTF was Rupert trying to pull?

 

Via Steve:

 

It’s either a Dragnet or IYE’s Miss Marple. Doesn’t matter, imho, how mant times I’ve seen both … they’re both good.

But in the case of …

The Body in the Library

… it’s simply a classic. All Joan Hicksons had that je ne sais quoi.

(0941) Jobs, tasks, errands. (0953)

 

10. Moo corner

9. Bloody bureaucrats

8. Colombian Tiger

7. IYE

Soaking in a solution of bicarb of soda first gets rid of some residues. (url in comments)

6. The horse’s backside appears to have resigned

So now it will be from appalling to far worse. End of.

Cunning plan at 0712 is that, with only about four news items, plus with Starmer still not having spoken, this post I’d ordinarily put after Mon 6 to 10 is now.

The newer Logan/Stevenson episodes:

A more detailed list is on this page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Temple

In the context of those lists, then the one we had yesterday, Sunday, was the last ever attempted, made in 2013, using old style mics but better SFX and sound quality. It was clearly a labour of love for all and well done, say I.

At the other end, 1938 … well they do not exist, except in other casts trying to recreate them, with next to no effects. Frankly, they’re not good, the script is trite, parts missing. Not worth it.

I went back to the first Coke/Westbury in 1968 and in showing signs of ageing, it was the real thing of that time.

Right, why I am I making such a big thing out of the series as a whole? Well, “reimagined” series, modern actors, modern production values, manners, nature of people … these certainly lose all old-worldly charm … but in the 2013 Gregory Affair, they lost none of it. Ditto with the Rupert Davies’ Maigrets.

That needs preserving, archiving.