He started working life down a pit age six, ran half the coalfield by his thirties, and built an entire harbour to spite his rivals. They called him the King of the Coal Trade, and [more…]
It’s all over then, Spanner has done the off, or will have in a week’s time, and the Knob o’t North will be taking over. From what I can see very little will change, it [more…]
The sequence began in 2017, when Kushner was appointed as Trump’s special adviser for the Middle East. His method was geo-economics: financial incentives and commercial integration as a substitute for political solutions. He called forty [more…]
Monday Good morning, my happy readers, it looks like the warm weather is back. It was very nice this weekend. If the truth be told, it was a bit warm for your cat reporter. There [more…]
For generations, the phrase “grim up north” has lingered in the national imagination — conjuring images of soot-stained skylines, struggling towns, and industries long past their prime. It is a shorthand that flattens the region [more…]
Sally looked at her phone when she heard knocking on the door, it was 10:45. She pulled a dressing gown on and went to see who it was. A smiling Jane Goodley was standing there, [more…]
Featured Album: The Mama’s & The Papa’s If you can believe your eyes and ears This is a series of articles looking at albums from 1960 to whatever year we end up in. I [more…]
DIP’s nuclear element The vast expense of the nuclear element of the Defence Investment Plan (DIP) – by far its largest commitment – draws us to focus on the following: Dreadnought nuclear deterrent ballistic submarines [more…]
Sunday 14th June – At sea, off southern Portugal and into the Mediterranean When your intrepid diarist woke, it was still dark, but a tap on my iPad screen revealed it was 06:45. Then I [more…]
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