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Book Review: Arthur & the Lost Kingdoms by A Moffat

25th April 2021 1642again 0

My review of John Morris’ The Age of Arthur caused quite a stir and clearly there remains much interest in the British Dark Ages, and especially in the thorny issue of Arthur and his existence.  [more…]

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The Swaling, Part Fifty Two

24th April 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

Myself and Davies were sat on a hilltop (the flat limestone pavement type) in our bivvys and sleeping bags, squashed together for warmth. We faced towards the coast. At the horizon, a flat sea was [more…]

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Puffins March For Freedom!

24th April 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

During the pandemic, coronavirus legislation has been enacted giving sweeping powers to the authorities which infringe upon our human rights, despite their being passed with no proper parliamentary scrutiny. Do we still live in a [more…]

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Crossword No. 167

24th April 2021 Going Postal 0

First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a GP mug. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Sunday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Winner of Crossword 166 and a GP mug IN LIKE [more…]

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A History of Pop Music Albums – 1988

23rd April 2021 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

A History of Pop Music Albums – 1988 Featured Album: Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 This is a series of articles looking at albums from 1960 to whatever year we end up in. I will select [more…]

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Jinnie’s Story, Chapter Fourteen

23rd April 2021 Going Postal 0

Jinnie walked down the slope from the northbound platform to the tunnel under the lines at Potters Bar Station. At the bottom, she turned right to the car park where her dad had said he [more…]

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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

23rd April 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 22nd April 2021 Panel: Douglas Ross (Conservative) Anas Sarwar (Labour) Keith Brown (SNP) Willie Rennie (LibDem) Lorna Slater (Green) Venue: Edinburgh If British politics is a Westminster village then Scottish politics is a [more…]

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Cnuteneering, Part Fourteen

22nd April 2021 El Cnutador 0

Welcome back to Cnuteneering, where the possible is made more difficult by bone headed ignorance, overenthusiasm and pointy metal things being brought together. You may want to refresh your memory on the project in: Part [more…]

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Mires, moats and manors

22nd April 2021 Joe Slater 0

How could any true traveller ignore the lure of a name like Thorne Waste? It could be the title of a Brontë novel, or the kind of place the Hound of the Baskervilles was locked [more…]

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