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Month: December 2017

Fiction

The Unseen Path – Part One

16th December 2017 1642again 1121 Comments

It Begins The man about to die pulled the green framed glass door shut and glanced furtively up and down the street before locking the door and placing the key in his jacket pocket. His [more…]

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Arts

UK Since the Referendum-Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics

16th December 2017 Jonathon Davies 1293 Comments

(All data, graphs and figures from the Office for National Statistics. Available under the Open Government License.) Where to begin? The amount of disinformation before, during and after the referendum on EU membership has been [more…]

Arts

The Holly and the Ivy – King’s College Cambridge 2008

15th December 2017 OldTrout 2128 Comments

The words of the carol occur in three broadsides published in Birmingham in the early nineteenth century. An early mention of the carol’s title occurs in William Hone’s 1823 work Ancient Mysteries Described, which includes [more…]

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Polis Sco’lan – Equalities visit to Strathbolloch Primary School

15th December 2017 DH 1278 Comments

Mrs McRoper, class teacher, addresses the wide-eyed youngsters in the assembly hall. “…and as you all know, diversity is at the heart of all we do here at Strathbolloch Primary. Through our visits to Glasgow [more…]

Arts

Wankpuffin of the Year 2017

14th December 2017 Swiss Bob 1589 Comments

The WOTYs 2017 Add your own nominations, or vote for existing entries. Voting closes in one week. Currently we are having a Wankpuffin award handcrafted by 3D printer which will then be gilded. [polldaddy poll=”9897748″] [more…]

Engineering

Shunting Puzzle, Part Two

14th December 2017 Sweaty Dave 1562 Comments

Shunting on A fortnight ago I outlined a plan for a winter project – both explaining and justifying it to myself and the esteemed audience of wankpuffins. Since then a lot of money has changed [more…]

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Pheasant and Leek Pie with Filo Crust

13th December 2017 Colin Cross 1888 Comments

GP’s 2017 Advent Calendar of Cuisine If you are lucky enough to have access to pheasants this recipe is well worth a try. Makes a great meal and looks good enough for Boxing Day lunch [more…]

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The Relevance of Christianity – Part One

10th December 2017 Jonathon Davies 1690 Comments

The State of Affairs According to the 2011 census, Christians make up 59.5% of the UK population. Those with no religion make up 25.7%. Then you have Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism, Judaism and Buddhism. Anglicans make [more…]

Philosophy

Gmbd, Perfect

9th December 2017 Gmbd 1082 Comments

My second wife said to her friend at the reception something like “he is a perfectionist and I am not” “OOh that will not last” Well it didn’t but what does these days ? What [more…]

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