Hobbies
Crossword No. 87
First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a GP mug of your choice, or GP beer mats. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm tomorrow subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Last weeks’ winner. [more…]
Blog
20th Century
The History of Pop Music – 1995
Featured song: Oasis – Some Might Say 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 stopped making it. [more…]
Arts
Roger Ackroyd’s Question Time Review
Question Time 10th October 2019 Beckenham lies in the suburban hinterland between Bromley and Crystal Palace and is one of those places that you might recognise whenever the name pops up but which you are [more…]
America
President Donald Trump Rally – Minneapolis, Minnesota
Start time 1.00 am. Featured image: Gage Skidmore – Licence CC BY-SA 2.0
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Going Postal with Question Time
Graphic EJ – Updated by Sam. Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Beckenham. On the panel are: Secretary of state for transport Grant Shapps MP, Lisa Nandy MP, businessman Theo Paphitis, associate [more…]
Book Review
Book Review: A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles by Thomas Sowell – Part 1
Published by Quill, an imprint of William Morrow & Co. 1988 paperback edition (first published 1987) ISBN 0-688-07951-2 Having reflected on how often he had encountered the concept of ‘visions’ in his work over the [more…]
20th Century
The Mossdale Tragedy – Part One
History and Early Exploration of the Mossdale Caverns I have always been claustrophobic. Well, that’s not strictly true. I became claustrophobic when my brother locked me inside a cupboard when I was four. Why did [more…]
20th Century
Tyler Gatewood Kent
Those of you who have defied all tradition and read my ramblings about The Right Club may just remember the name Tyler Kent. He was the cipher clerk at the US Embassy who was passing [more…]
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