Arts
The Year Turns, Part 6
Litha Litha is the name given to the summer solstice. While the rest of the sabbats that make up the Wheel of the Year have reasonably secure roots in past beliefs and traditions, ‘Litha’ has [more…]
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The Swaling, Part Sixty
It is nineteen eighty-four. If Big Brother is watching he will observe myself, my colleague Natasha Williams and a disguise enhancing borrowed toddler (called Jakey) in a pushchair hunkered on a bench beneath a tree. [more…]
20th Century
A History of Pop Music Albums – 1996
A History of Pop Music Albums – 1995 Featured Album: Lighthouse Family – Ocean Drive This is a series of articles looking at albums from 1960 to 1999. Just cannot go on that much longer [more…]
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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 17th June 2021 Panel: Mark Harper (Conservative) Sarah Jones (Labour) Rosemary Squire (Trafalgar Entertainment) Daniel Finkelstein (Journalist and peer) Ian Blackford (SNP) Venue: London & Cornwall Gloria de Piero, the gal who puts [more…]
America
An Antidote to Political Correctness in Schools – WALK!
We’ve all heard about the newest insult to our lives and our children. I refer, of course, to the growing adoption of “Critical Race Theory” as part of public school curriculum. Why should we be [more…]
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Another Perfect Weekend
I wrote recently about the perfect weekend I enjoyed with my son when he had to get up North to join the rest of his band to play at the 2017 Workington Festival. Writing it [more…]
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Film Review: Big Trouble in Little China
“Big Trouble in Little China” by warpafx is licensed under CC BY 2.0 As a director, John Carpenter is very much hit and miss when it comes to critical acclaim and box office success. For [more…]
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A Whimsical Look at the Gentleman’s Club
I am & have been a London clubman most of my life. I have been accused of being a Wodehousian character over the years, I am happy with that, his characters, even the villains are [more…]
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Book Review: Honest, Not Invent
Stanislav, a young Polish plumber, in reality a creation of blogger Ismael Smith, now sadly no longer with us. His comments first appeared below the line in the place we don’t speak of, and subsequently [more…]