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Month: December 2022

20th Century

My Leg Ends of Pop Music – Part Fourteen – Leonard Cohen

23rd December 2022 Phil the Ex Test Manager 3148 Comments

After 60 proper legends of pop (OK, you may have thought that some were a bit iffy), it is now time for my Top 20 Leg Ends of pop.  These are those groups or artists [more…]

Arts

Always Worth Saying’s Harry & Meghan Review

23rd December 2022 Always Worth Saying 2925 Comments

I know a Blessing, she is Nigerian. And Gift from Tanzania, named after his natal day – the early January festival when the faithful celebrate the Wise Men giving to baby Jesus. I knew twins [more…]

Fiction

Jinnie’s Story, Book Four – Chapter Twenty-Three

22nd December 2022 Going Postal 2415 Comments

Paolo looked at his watch and saw it was twenty past five, time for a quick wash and to get his casual gear on. Jinnie was still asleep and he decided that he should wake [more…]

Authoritarianism

Authoritarianism Is Not Compatible with Economic Progress: Freedom Is Indivisible

22nd December 2022 Patrick Barron 2844 Comments

Is it possible, or perhaps even desirable, for economic freedom and progress to be compatible with authoritarian government? Let’s cut right to the chase. Although some may believe so, this is a fallacy. Freedom is [more…]

Fishing

Time Flies

21st December 2022 SharpieType301 2608 Comments

… for The Professor I’ve recently been working on a little project, to make a very personal (and I think appropriate) keepsake for my old boss, to mark the end of his many years loyally [more…]

19th Century

The Wild West Trail, Part Four

21st December 2022 Going Postal 2804 Comments

Fourth in a series by my uncle John Alldridge. This article first appeared in the Derby Evening Telegraph in December 1967 – Jerry F We left the Oregon Trail at Scotts Bluff with 1,200 heartbreaking [more…]

Arts

A Postcard From India; Road Trip Part 2- Karauli, Bharatpur, Agra, Delhi

20th December 2022 Colin Cross 2797 Comments

Following a long drive from Jaipur, through small towns and vast open countryside, complete with a break at one of the roadside “Hotels”, we arrived at Bhanwar Vilas Palace which is now, in part a [more…]

Arts

Soundbites

20th December 2022 well_chuffed 2813 Comments

The vast majority of yer actual lefties give the impression that they are incapable of either thinking or concentrating and this means their education has to be conducted in soundbites. They use these soundbites to [more…]

Computing

How MRI Works

19th December 2022 Going Postal 2777 Comments

I guess quite a few of you will have had to undergo a Magnetic Resonance Imaging scan over the past few years.  As you lie in the machine’s tube with headphones on to muffle the [more…]

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