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Lofty Ambitions

23rd September 2024 John Booth 0

This is a tale of woe, a tale of lack of planning, of insufficient forethought and carelessness.  It’s also a warning to all Puffins not to make the same mistakes as I have made, to [more…]

David Sedgwick, Going Postal
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Book Review: The Fake News Factory by David Sedgwick

8th May 2020 John Booth 0

I read David Sedgwick’s first book about the BBC, ‘BBC: Brainwashing Britain?’ (the Kindle version) when it came out in December 2018 and was immediately nodding and mouthing ‘yes, yes, yes’ at virtually every page. [more…]

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