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The View From Sunnegga
It’s difficult to tell exactly where we are in old Zermatt, pictured below during my grandparent’s 1950s road trip. These days the town is short of public squares given what has to be squeezed onto [more…]
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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 9th March 2023 The Panel: Robert Jenrick (Conservative) Sarah Jones (Labour) Ken Clarke (Former Home Secretary) Yasmin Alibhai-Brown (Journalist) Richard Madeley (Broadcaster) Venue: London Hereditary journalist Richard Madeley was born in Romford, Essex [more…]
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Trag In Ruh (Take It In Your Stride)
Puffins will be familiar with a truism of the lower orders ducking and diving through the mean streets of Zermatt with a dagger between their teeth looking for a cheap room while the officer class [more…]
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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 2nd March 2023 The Panel: Graham Stewart (Conservative) Jonathan Reynolds (Labour) Tom Harwood (Journalist) Juergen Maier (Businessman) Kirsty Blackman (SNP) Venue: Sunderland The first question, dear God, was about Brexit despite the fact [more…]
19th Century
His Monument, The Matterhorn
We shall continue our trip towards the source of the Matter Vispa, heading south towards the mountain town of Zermatt. However, we shall no longer call it a road trip. The evidence suggests, given a [more…]
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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 23rd February 2023 The Panel: David TC Davies (Conservative) Thangham Debbonaire (Labour) Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru) Rakie Ayola (Actress) Anita Boateng (Political commentator) Venue: Cardiff One of the Surrey Boatengs, Anita was [more…]
20th Century
Following in the Steps of Sepp
After completing our clockwise tour of the northern shoreline of Lake Geneva, we head inland at the eastern extremity of Villeneuve and drive along the Rhone Valley. Our first photo is labelled ‘The Diablerats, Berner [more…]
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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 16th February 2023 The Panel: Robert Jenrick (Conservative) Stephen Kinnock (Labour) Ian Hislop (Private Eye) Ruth Wishart (Journalist) Lionel Shriver (Author) Venue: Rugby Mr Hislop is the editor of ABC1 demographic high-end male [more…]
20th Century
From Byron to Buchli
As we continue our clockwise trip around the northern shore of Lake Geneva, we take a slight detour behind the town of Montreux. The above photograph is captioned ‘Col de Jaman’ which is a high [more…]