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Postcard from Lille Part 57
A funny thing happened on the way to Lille university. Funny for the rest of us but not so funny for my wife. She got stuck in the Metro’s automatic doors. They closed on her [more…]
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Question Time 26th March 2020 Panel: Robert Jenrick (Conservative) Emily Thornbury (Labour) Richard Horton (The Lancet) Humphrey Cobbold (Businessman) Venue: Shrewsbury In another alteration to the usual format, tonight’s panel were in London, the questioners [more…]
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Postcard from Lille Part 56
Before I start, Gisele is a flowery writer and is prone to exaggeration. Aren’t we all? She is also prone to acting on those exaggerations, therefore we must take what she says seriously. Plus, across [more…]
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Question Time 19th March 2020 Panel: Matt Hancock (Conservative) Andy Burnham (Labour) Tom Soloman (Doctor) Frances O’Grady (Trades Union Congress) Angela Harnett (Chef) Venue: Weston-super-Mare Weston-super-Mare returns a Conservative MP, John David Penrose, who, like [more…]
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Postcard from Lille Part 55
At the end of a veranda, which separated the novice nun’s dormitory from the school’s basketball court, was a ‘shower’. A pyramid of plastic buckets sat below a tap which part filled them as it [more…]
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Question Time 12th March 2020 Panel: Steve Barclay (Conservative) Louise Haigh (Labour) Pete Wishart (SNP) Richard Walker (Retailer) Professor John Ashton (Medical Expert) Venue: West Bromwich Your humble reviewer has been to West Bromwich and [more…]
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Postcard from Lille Part 54
Lille, Nord Pas de Calais. 26 November 2018 11:04 am In Lille, the six of us wander the Boulevards, very impressive they are too. Making for the Lille Eye, a giant Ferris wheel installed for [more…]
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Question Time 5th March 2020 Panel: Matt Hancock (Conservative) Margaret Beckett (Labour) Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat) Tim Stanley (Journalist) Xan van Tullekan (TV Doctor) Venue: Royal Tunbridge Wells Your humble reviewer has previously been royally [more…]
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Postcard from Lille Part 53
The road took the route of least resistance. It followed the coast to the nearest sizeable town and then swung inland, following rivers and valleys into the interior. The dropping tide lapped the edge of [more…]