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US Midterm Results

7th November 2018 Æthelberht 1874 Comments

I stayed up until 3am when it was clear the “Blue Wave” (TM) wasn’t happening. Highlight of the night for me was when the live chat on The Young Turks livestream was taken over by [more…]

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Do You Like Chillies?

1st August 2018 Æthelberht 2191 Comments

In the comments which nobody reads I often post photos of my parrots. In some photos I’ve posted they’re eating chillies. Some people have asked why I feed my birds hot chillies every day and [more…]

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A New Dark Age

19th June 2018 Æthelberht 2070 Comments

Godfrey Bloom recently made an appearance on Infowars with Alex Jones where he stated we are heading into a new Dark Age. I don’t think he’s far off the mark at all. We’ve already had [more…]

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The Wrong Way to Put Out a Fire

8th June 2018 Æthelberht 2091 Comments

When I left the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in 2015 I joined a shipping company operating out of Barrow-in-Furness. It was a very small outfit which specialised in carrying nuclear cargo between Europe, the US and [more…]

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Parrots

27th April 2018 Æthelberht 2041 Comments

Sixty Million Years Ago You Would’ve Been Their Lunch Ever since we met my wife had wanted a parrot. Personally I had zero interest in them but she had kept a Cockatiel for many years [more…]

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Family, Community, Identity

4th April 2018 Æthelberht 1474 Comments

My Mum was born on 7th May 1945. My Nan (quite the socialite) used to complain that on the day of the biggest party ever she was stuck in a hospital with a new born [more…]

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The Baby Boeing

2nd April 2018 Æthelberht 1494 Comments

I think most of us here don’t get terribly excited at the thought of the Boeing 737. It’s quite mundane, unremarkable, pedestrian even. I suspect more than a few of us here have been herded [more…]

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Selective Education

26th March 2018 Æthelberht 1107 Comments

Whenever I hear the subject of grammar schools and selective education come up I pay attention and listen with more than a modicum of interest. When discussed by our esteemed establishment media it’s usually accompanied [more…]

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National Poetry Day – Alfy

28th September 2017 Æthelberht 0 Comments

In loving memory of my pal Pte Alfred Hudson 6085105 of the 2nd Bn., The Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey) killed in action Syria 10th July 1941. Age 27.   Alfy was a Cockney He [more…]

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