20th Century
A History of Pop Music – Albums 1960
Featured Album: Elvis is Back This is a series of articles looking at albums from 1960 to whatever year we end up in. I will select a featured album for each year and the link [more…]
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Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 23rd April 2026 The Panel: Anas Sarwar (Labour) Russell Findlay (Conservative) Malcolm Offord (Reform UK) Mairi McAllan (SNP) Gillian MacKay (Greens) Alex Cole-Hamilton (Lib Dem) Venue: Aberdeen In the run-up to the pivotal [more…]
Arts
Jinnie’s Story, Book Nine – Chapter Twenty-Seven
Jinnie said, “I’m sorry, Dawn, did you say my new Spanish teacher was in Reception?” “That’s right, Dame Jinnie, Professor Carlos Sanchez from Cambridge University.” “Please give him a visitor pass and ask him to [more…]
Conservatives
Labour’s bad boys – Part 11 Claudia Webbe
Well she is obviously not a boy though Spanner would be hard pressed to make a decision but let us use “boys” generically. Claudia, a professional race baiter of whom there are many in politics, [more…]
Arts
When We Was Fab – Cars – Speeding
My lot on here seems to be nostalgically picking over the debris of my younger days for the entertainment of the drooling perverts who make up the vast majority of the readership. I’ve got the [more…]
20th Century
Kenya’s Austerity Loop
For the second time, Kenya has pressed its palms against the cold marble of the IMF and the World Bank, asking the same architects of global austerity to diagnose wounds we have spent time inflicting [more…]
Health
The Anxiety Money Machine
The perception of normal human distress has undergone a dramatic transformation over the past three decades. What were previously thought of as everyday anxieties – such as worries about work, finance, relationships, health and the [more…]
America
TwelvetyD Chess – DJT 2.0
President Trump has claimed that the US military campaign against Iran is to “defend the American people”, while many critics – even some outriders on GP – have alleged that it’s to distract from the [more…]
Health
Tomorrow’s Another Day
It’s now 1:30 am 10th April …………..a couple of hours after Mrs. C. and Mrs. Bessie Mate finished their 2hr conversation/catch up on the phone…………………Mrs. Bessie Mate lives nought but 5 mins walk away… The [more…]