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A Postcard From a Long Christmas Cruise, Part One

18th January 2023 Going Postal 0

Being single and with no very close family, Christmas is not an easy holiday. I get invited to stay with cousins, but I have often felt like an outsider as they all have children and [more…]

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A Postcard From India; Goa

17th January 2023 Colin Cross 0

Another long day of travelling, including two longish taxi rides and two internal flights, via Hyderabad, saw us arrive in Cavelossim. The journey to the airport in Goa, through the last of the “rush hour” [more…]

20th Century

Buried Treasure

17th January 2023 Always Worth Saying 0

Amongst a century of detritus at the BBC there lies some buried treasure. Between layers of fake news, preachy left-wing documentaries and un-funny comedy, the BBC’s iPlayer hides a gleaming gem of an old archaeology [more…]

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Shunting dusted off

16th January 2023 Sweaty Dave 0

I’ve not frequented this site as often in the past – the last year or so, though #FFriday with a beer or two is always worth a visit and the gaffer continues to get his [more…]

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Economic Evolution: Darwin’s Idiot Speaks, Part One

16th January 2023 Going Postal 0

Having been born into and grown up within the never-ending promise of prosperity guaranteed by Keynes’s gospel that saved us all from the purgatory of the Depression, I like others only began to see a [more…]

20th Century

Sisi – The Foulest Crime of The Century

14th January 2023 Always Worth Saying 0

Last time our 1955 Ford Prefect road trip found my grandmother photographed standing on the Jet d’Eau side of Lake Geneva. An interesting crown-topped cupola lay squatted in silhouette on the other side of the [more…]

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Going Postal Spare Crossword 249

14th January 2023 Going Postal 0

First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a book of your choice (subject to T&Cs) & a mug! Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Friday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Winner of [more…]

20th Century

My Leg Ends of Pop Music – Part Seventeen – Hawkwind

13th January 2023 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

After 60 proper legends of pop (OK, you may have thought that some were a bit iffy), it is now time for my Top 20 Leg Ends of pop.  These are those groups or artists [more…]

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Always Worth Saying’s Ques Harry’s Book Review

13th January 2023 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 12th January 2023 The Panel: Alex Chalk (Conservative) Bridget Phillipson (Labour) Tim Stanley (Journalist) Ash Sarkar (Novara Media) Anna Sourby (Barrister) Venue: Birmingham In more recent editions of Question Time, La Bruce has [more…]

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