20th Century
Christmas Past
If you think I can remember 1924, you’re wrong. One relies upon our friends at the British Newspaper Archive. Ten decades ago some newspapers did publish on Christmas Day. The Sutton & Epsom Advertiser was [more…]
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Authoritarianism
20th Century
Great Uncle Wally
Great Uncle Wally introduced me to Guinness. Well, to be fair Mackeson, its slightly sweeter cousin. A stout more adapted to the tastes of your average seven-year-old. Those regular Sunday trips during the late 60s [more…]
Biography
Book Review, ‘Unleashed’ by Boris Johnson
The second-ever greatest Johnson of words, Samuel, the 18th-century lexicographer, informs us, “When a man is tired of London he is tired of life”. Three centuries later, no matter what we think of life we’re [more…]
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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 12th December 2024 The Panel: Wes Streeting (Labour) Tom Tugenhat (Conservative) Nigel Huddleston (Conservative) Christine Jardine (LibDem) Emma Dabiri (Writer) Piers Morgan (Broadcaster) Venue: Beckenham Once upon a time, there was a little [more…]
19th Century
Enemies Within: Mouchard!
Autumn 1899, just weeks before the turn of a new century, saw two men released from Pentonville Prison on London’s Caledonian Road. Jailed seven years previously following an anarchist plot in Walsall, some continued to [more…]
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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 5th December 2024 The Panel: Jacqui Smith (Labour) Kevin Hollinrake (Conservative) Nigel Farage (Reform UK) Alastair Campbell (Author & Podcaster) Venue: Lincoln We can vote them out but we can’t get rid of [more…]
19th Century
Enemies Within, Part Four
In late February of 1894, a far-fetched tale appeared in the London penny dreadful newspapers. It concerned the untimely death of an anarchist, Martial Bourdin, blown up by his own bomb near the Royal Observatory [more…]
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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 28th November 2024 The Panel: Lisa Nandy (Labour) Jacob Rees-Mogg (Conservative) Mariella Frostrup (Broadcaster) Rory Stewart (Podcaster) Anand Menon (UK in a Changing Europe) Venue: London Jacob Rees-Mogg spent his childhood in Somerset [more…]