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Month: December 2021

20th Century

My Legends of Pop Music – Part Twenty-Five – Fleetwood Mac

31st December 2021 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

If get this right, there will be many cover versions by future bands. I shall try and link live versions if they exist from the tellybox or a film, the sound quality may not be [more…]

Fiction

Jinnie’s Story – Chapter Twenty Eight, Epilogue

31st December 2021 Going Postal 0

Jinnie and her father arrived at the front of the church with her head in turmoil. It was when she saw the best man with a huge smirk on his face she knew that he [more…]

Arts

Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

31st December 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 13th September 2001 The Panel: Paddy Ashdown (Liberal Democrat) Tam Dalyell (Labour) Philip Lader (US Ambassador to London) Yasmin Alibhai-Brown (Journalist) Venue: London Following the September 11th 2001 terrorist attack on New York, [more…]

19th Century

Crimean War, Part Three

30th December 2021 Going Postal 0

In 1954, as the centenary of the end of the Crimean War approached, my uncle John Alldridge produced a series of articles for the Manchester Evening News which vividly described that campaign. In this article, [more…]

Literature

Build Back Better

30th December 2021 Going Postal 0

A LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Sir, I recently had occasion to travel by rail into London which I only do very rarely these days. I found the Terminus much changed from earlier times with [more…]

Hobbies

Mum’s Crochet Work

29th December 2021 Doc Mike Finnley 0

I’ve posted these images before, but for a bit of Christmas fun I’ve added some titles. Hope that you all have a very merry Christmas and a great new year. Cheers.   © text & [more…]

America

The Real Problem with San Francisco

29th December 2021 Patrick Barron 0

In the latest New York Times Book Review Wes Enzinna reviews Michael Shellenberger’s San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities. Mr. Enzinna, who is critical of the book, acknowledges that one in one hundred of San [more…]

20th Century

Ghosts of Christmas Past

28th December 2021 Going Postal 0

Post War Britain I loved Christmas as a child: I would guess most of us did, but I am amazed and humbled when I look back at how much was achieved with how little by [more…]

Conservatives

COVID-19 vaccine surveillance report analysis

28th December 2021 Going Postal 0

The tables below have been taken from the COVID-19 vaccine surveillance report Week 51, which can be downloaded here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-vaccine-weekly-surveillance-reports The report states “By 19 December 2021, the overall vaccine uptake in England for dose [more…]

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