September 25th, 1809. I write this after our customary afternoon performance, as the scenery is being set up for the opening night of La Vestale. The past few days have been a furious succession of [more…]
I was reading my bible before bed the other day (I know, I’m a wild man) when I came across a few passages in Deuteronomy which caught my eye. Deuteronomy is the book where Moses [more…]
I’ve settled myself down in modest but adequate lodgings in Istanbul and get into the habit of a daily stroll just after sun down. It’s a five minute walk down to the Bosphorus where a [more…]
Featured song: ABBA – Dancing Queen 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. One [more…]
Question Time 7th March 2019 Panel: Dominic Raab (Tory. Leaver) Iain Martin (Times journalist. Leaver) Owen Jones (“journalist”) Javed Khan (Barnado’s CEO) Margaret Beckett (Labour. Remainer) Venue: Dudley Dudley voted Leave by 71.7% at the [more…]
Graphic EJ – Updated by Sam. Fiona Bruce presents Question Time from Dudley. Panellists include former Brexit secretary Dominic Raab, who argues the case for a hard Brexit from the backbenches, Dame Margaret Beckett, the [more…]
Lady Vanessa Bixby is in the office. She has just informed Private Investigator Joe Malone, that Lord Bixby, one of the main Remainers in the country, a high profile politician and activist, peer of the [more…]
Introduction During the first half of the 19th century great leaps forward were made in firearms technology and by the 1870s soldiers who 50 years earlier would have been supplied with flintlock, smoothbore muskets were [more…]
September 5th, 1809. It has been a busy month. Our aimless wanderings took us to Guildford, where we have been encamped in a tumbledown barn. The farmer is quite content with our presence, as we [more…]
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