Arts
A History of Pop Music – 1957
Featured Song: – Buddy Holly – That’ll Be The Day This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 when they [more…]
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Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 20th June 2024 The Panel: Rishi Sunak (Conservative) Sir Keir Starmer (Labour) Sir Edward Davey (Liberal Democrat) John Swinney (Scottish National Party) Venue: York With our ignored articles and unread comments, Puffins have [more…]
Arts
Jinnie’s Story – Book Seven, Chapter One
Jinnie was drifting between being conscious and unconscious. She knew she was in pain, and it seemed to be coming from the left shoulder. She tried to move her left arm, but it only brought [more…]
21st Century
Right-Wing Wave in Europe a Reaction to EU’s Subservience to NATO
By Lucas Leiroz, member of the BRICS Journalists Association, researcher at the Center for Geostrategic Studies, military expert. The results of the EU elections are causing despair among liberal activists around the world. Irresponsibly, some [more…]
20th Century
Desert Mysteries, Part Six
In the film “Lawrence of Arabia”, Lawrence is asked, “What is it, Major Lawrence, that attracts you, personally, to the desert?” His response was, “It’s clean. I like it because it’s clean.” This quote is [more…]
21st Century
France Isolated in its Proposal to Send Troops to Fight Russia
By Lucas Leiroz, member of the BRICS Journalists Association, researcher at the Center for Geostrategic Studies, military expert. France appears increasingly isolated in its decision to intervene directly in the Ukrainian conflict. Not even major [more…]
Hobbies
A trip to Albania, land of the Eagles – Part Three
Our days passed with a fairly set routine. Up early – but far too late for running water, so it was a quick sluice down (over the toilet) from the stored water drawn before dawn, [more…]
20th Century
American Journey 1952, Part Five – Iowa
Dubuque, Iowa The first thing you learn about the Middle West is the bigness of it. You could, for example, sink without trace the whole of Switzerland in Lake Michigan. The Illinois River at Peoria [more…]
Drinking
A nice drop of Portuguese red…
For years we’ve enjoyed our annual holidays in Portugal and I have acquired a “taste” for the local red wine which is not a particularly great seller in the UK. I thought that I’d write [more…]