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Month: November 2019

Arts

Postcard from Lille, Part 40

23rd November 2019 Always Worth Saying 2770 Comments

Later on, I was sent to International Business School to brush up, get myself up to date, match my experiences to theory and get some of (what I now know to be) ‘competences and resources’ [more…]

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Dill and Coriander Gravlax

23rd November 2019 Going Postal 1706 Comments

Here’s a recipe for that can be used for Christmas – we use it all the year round. I prefer Gravlax to smoked salmon – it’s cheaper and very moreish. I always wait until the [more…]

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Crossword No. 93

23rd November 2019 Going Postal 1695 Comments

First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a GP mug of your choice, or GP beer mats. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm tomorrow subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Last weeks’ winner. [more…]

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Going Postal with Question Time

22nd November 2019 Going Postal 4034 Comments

Graphic EJ – Updated by Sam. Fiona Bruce presents a special election edition of the programme from Sheffield. Each political leader has 30 minutes to debate with the (rigged) audience. On the panel are: Jeremy [more…]

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Writing and Publishing a Novel

22nd November 2019 1642again 2307 Comments

In life you meet many people who say they have a novel that they want to write, but how many ever even start, let alone finish?  A tiny percentage I would guess.  I know someone [more…]

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Roger Ackroyd’s Question Time Review

22nd November 2019 Roger Ackroyd 2135 Comments

Question Time 21st November 2019 Panel: Robert Jenrick (Tory) Chukka Umunna (Labour/Change/Independent/Lib Dem) Philippa Whitford (SNP) Richard Burgon (Trotskyist/Marxist/Labour/Petomane) Sherelle Jacobs (Journo) Venue: Bolton Bolton voted 58% leave. The only panellist that is remotely a [more…]

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Going Postal with Question Time

21st November 2019 Going Postal 1571 Comments

Graphic EJ – Updated by Sam. Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Bolton. On the panel are: Secretary of state for housing, communities and local government Robert Jenrick – remainer, shadow secretary [more…]

Authoritarianism

Hong Kong Protests – the Prequel

21st November 2019 Going Postal 3148 Comments

The recent ‘Hong Kong Protests’ piece attracted several comments and questions, but notably ‘Why now?’ and ‘What started this?’ So here is ‘Hong Kong Protests – the Prequel’. A long time ago, during the premiership [more…]

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The Sinking of the MS Estonia – 28th September 1994

21st November 2019 Blown Periphery 2679 Comments

The History of the MS Estonia On Wednesday 28th September 1994 at 01:50 (UTC +2) the MS Estonia sank in the Baltic Sea during a storm, on a routine crossing from the port of Tallinn [more…]

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