20th Century
A History of Pop Music Albums – 1993
A History of Pop Music Albums – 1993 Featured Album: R.E.M – Automatic For The People This is a series of articles looking at albums from 1960 to 1999. Just cannot go on that much [more…]
Month: May 2021
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story, Chapter Nineteen
The weather in January had been better than normal for the time of year and this had helped the allied forces attack. But in the middle of February a cold spell had rolled in, snow [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 27th May 2021 Panel: Grant Shapps (Conservative) Emily Thornberry (Labour) Tom Newton Dunn (Journalist) Kate Clancy (Writer and teacher) Nandra Ahmed (National Care Association) Venue: London First question, do you agree with Dominic [more…]
Hobbies
The Clay is the Thing, Part Two
I hope I’ve managed to drag a few readers along from the first part, and for this next exercise, we will take a hypothetical Puffin on a journey from someone who has developed a taste [more…]
Computing
Cnuteneering, Part Eighteen
Welcome back to Cnuteneering, where the possible is made more difficult by bone headed ignorance, overenthusiasm and pointy metal things being brought together. You may want to refresh your memory on the project in: Part [more…]
20th Century
The Windsors & Jimmy Donahue
The story of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor is one of the most romantic of all time: Edward VIII abdicated his throne and gave up an empire so that he could marry the woman [more…]
Arts
Postcard from Romania – Part Three
Part Two of the Postcard from Romania saw me waxing rhapsodic about the Museum of Pharmacy at the Mauksch-Hintz House in Cluj. After a fantastic visit, when we spent hours marvelling at the extraordinary collections, [more…]
19th Century
Codswallop
Codswallop! This article is about a type of Victorian bottle invented by Hiram Codd, a British bottle inventor. Invention of the ‘Codd’ Bottle. Hiram Codd worked for the British and Foreign Cork Company and during [more…]
Arts
GB News Preview by Always Worth Saying
Monday the 31st May Sunday the 13th June 2021 sees the much-anticipated launch of Britains’ newest news channel, Andrew Neil’s GB News. With its Union Jack based logo and a hint of the words “Great” [more…]