Hobbies
Crossword No. 153
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 Winners of a GP mug/copy of War Crimes. 151 – [more…]
Blog
20th Century
A History of Pop Music – Albums 1974
Featured Album: Bay City Rollers – Rollin 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 [more…]
20th Century
Jinnie’s Story, Chapter One
How It All Began Today was 21st June 2019 and Jinnie Walsh’s 18th birthday. She had completed her A-level exams and was doing what most girls of her age did in the summer before university [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 14th January 2021 Panel: Victoria Ford (Conservative) Jon Ashworth (Labour) Donna Kinnair (Royal College of Nursing) Mike Barton (Former Chief Constable) Philippa Whitford (SNP) Venue: London The first question from the QT50 audience [more…]
Arts
Going Postal with Question Time
Graphic EJ – Updated by Sam. Fiona Bruce presents another hour of BBC programming from Durham. On the panel are: Minister for children Vicky Ford MP, shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth MP, Westminster spokesperson on [more…]
Health
Lives, damned lives and statistics
On January 11th, the BBC and Sky each made great play of ‘the worst excess deaths since the second world war’ announced for 2020. This clearly conveyed a message that the corona virus was indeed [more…]
Arts
A Very Different World
Imagine it is just a few years ago and the usual winter respiratory virus is going round. Some years it is heavy, some years less so. This year in question, from a few years ago, [more…]
20th Century
The Desert War – January 1941
The start of a new year and things are getting much warmer in the Mediterranean, North Africa and East Africa. The Luftwaffe arrived in Italy ready to bomb us at sea while Operation Compass continued [more…]
Authoritarianism
A Considered Appraisal of 2020 : That Was The Year That Was
2020……….Year Zero……….. The year the Global Capitalist Ruling Classes, having finished their dance of the seven veils, did away with the last figleaf of democracy and reminded everyone who is actually in charge, and exactly [more…]