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Month: November 2018

20th Century

A History of Pop Music – 1962

30th November 2018 Phil the Ex Test Manager 3558 Comments

Featured song: Chubby Checker – Let’s Twist Again  This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began, up to 1999 when they stopped making [more…]

Arts

The Geek’s Guide To Distilling Commercial Gin For £2.50 A Litre Bottle

27th November 2018 Beware of Geeks bearing GIFs 2991 Comments

First, for those people in the UK and other countries where it is illegal to distil spirits without a licence, here’s the legal bit: “It is illegal to manufacture spirits in the UK without a [more…]

History

The Peasants’ Revolt

27th November 2018 Going Postal 2479 Comments

I’ve been aware of this bit of our history since I was in Junior School, but the other day I read about it again and thought the story was worth retelling. In the mid-fourteenth century, [more…]

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Fish and their Chips

26th November 2018 Sweaty Dave 3293 Comments

You’ve seen the creation of the Aquarium, introduction of the fish and corals and watched it settle in.  The set up took around three months from initial purchase, fit out, water conditioning and maturing to [more…]

20th Century

A History of Pop Music – 1961

23rd November 2018 Phil the Ex Test Manager 3272 Comments

Featured song: The Shadows – FBI – as performed on Crackerjack (It’s Friday what do we all say?) This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper [more…]

Politics

There Will Be No Water Cannons To Wash Away The Rivers Of Blood

22nd November 2018 Katabasis 2646 Comments

It’s another week and yes yet another mutual masturbation circle of outrage on social media over complete trivia. I speak this time of the confected “shock” that the water cannons originally purchased by Boris in [more…]

20th Century

John Stonehouse

21st November 2018 Going Postal 2878 Comments

Today’s brief piece recalls a disappearing act that caused somewhat of a stir back in the day that I’m sure many of you will remember.  The brief career of a rapidly rising star and his [more…]

Biography

Still Not The Right Way To Put Out A Fire

20th November 2018 Æthelberht 3008 Comments

You may remember some months back I related a story of my first fire exercise sailing under the Red Duster. I was somewhat unimpressed having come from a different seafaring outfit where these things were [more…]

Sweaty Dave, Going Postal
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Aquarium – Corals

19th November 2018 Sweaty Dave 3029 Comments

With all the fish in place, the next step up is coral. There are two types generally stocked, soft Corals and Hard Corals – the soft ones are easier to look after, needing less light, [more…]

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