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8 Aug 2016

The Goodlet diaries: Week 33

As week 33 unfolds, Goodlet discovers he has (finally) got a job, while still enjoying himself on the south coast. A host of things …

1 Aug 2016

The Goodlet diaries: Week 32

Week 32 is dominated by an enjoyable sojourn to the south coast, including numerous walking expeditions and trains. Goodlet does, however, still keep an …

25 Jul 2016

The Goodlet diaries: Week 31

Week 31 of our serialisation of Alexander Goodlet’s Ealing diaries includes the usual mixture of domestic preoccupations and international current affairs. Among many things, …

18 Jul 2016

The Goodlet diaries: Week 30

The Spanish Civil War, dancing with a plethora of women and domestic worries are the flavour of week 30 of our serialisation of Alexander …

11 Jul 2016

The Goodlet diaries: Week 29

Week 29 sees Goodlet pop down to Brighton himself, before returning home to Ealing and pondering the ever worsening situation in Europe while getting …

27 Jun 2016

The Goodlet diaries: Week 27

Our serialisation of Alexander Goodlet’s Ealing diaries from 80 years ago reaches the half-year mark. Week 27 includes his own, melancholic review of the …

20 Jun 2016

The Goodlet diaries: Week 26

“We had a coffee in Lyons for old times’ sake and strolled back,” writes Alexander Goodlet in an unusually jolly mood (Lyon’s cafe is pictured, to …

13 Jun 2016

The Goodlet diaries: Week 25

The serialisation of Alexander Goodlet’s diaries from 80 years ago continues. Week 25 includes hot weather, a reply to his application for a job …

7 Jun 2016

The Goodlet diaries: Week 24

Week 24 has a recurring phrase, which pops up regularly in Goodlet’s world: ‘Walked to Horn Lane as usual’ (pictured). It appears to be his …

30 May 2016

The Goodlet diaries: Week 23

Week 23 of our serialisation of Alexander Goodlet’s diaries begins with a bad day and gets worse with money worries and the fear of …

23 May 2016

The Goodlet diaries: Week 22

Week 22 begins with bad news and a general fog of gloom descends over proceedings. Brief respites come in the form of horse racing …

16 May 2016

The Goodlet diaries: Week 21

Week 21 of our serialisation find Goodlet’s parents ‘very washed out and nerve wrought’, while trains provide a welcome distraction. If it helps, you …

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