20th Century
A History of Pop Music – Albums 1960
Featured Album: Elvis is Back 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 the link [more…]
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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 23rd April 2026 The Panel: Anas Sarwar (Labour) Russell Findlay (Conservative) Malcolm Offord (Reform UK) Mairi McAllan (SNP) Gillian MacKay (Greens) Alex Cole-Hamilton (Lib Dem) Venue: Aberdeen In the run-up to the pivotal [more…]
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Jinnie’s Story, Book Nine – Chapter Twenty-Seven
Jinnie said, “I’m sorry, Dawn, did you say my new Spanish teacher was in Reception?” “That’s right, Dame Jinnie, Professor Carlos Sanchez from Cambridge University.” “Please give him a visitor pass and ask him to [more…]
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When We Was Fab – Cars – Speeding
My lot on here seems to be nostalgically picking over the debris of my younger days for the entertainment of the drooling perverts who make up the vast majority of the readership. I’ve got the [more…]
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Kenya’s Austerity Loop
For the second time, Kenya has pressed its palms against the cold marble of the IMF and the World Bank, asking the same architects of global austerity to diagnose wounds we have spent time inflicting [more…]
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Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays – Off The Reservation
Welcome back my friends to the flamboyance that never ends, as Fabulously Flamboyant Friday proudly delivers yet another light-loafered, groin-polished googly from the gasworks end of musical magnificence. Tonight, dear reader, as we respectfully mark [more…]
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Always Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 16th April 2026 The Panel: Huw Irranca-Davies (Labour) Darren Millar (Conservative) Jane Dodds (LibDem) Dan Thomas (Reform UK) Anthony Slaughter (Greens) Venue: Cardiff Question One: What’s happening at Question Time? Trailed as an [more…]
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Jinnie’s Story, Book Nine – Chapter Twenty-Six
Jinnie eventually managed to call Izzy and to tell her that the sat nav was predicting they would be home in 24 minutes. Izzy said, “That’s excellent, it gives me time to get the veg [more…]
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‘¿Que?’ – The Faulty Towers Dining Experience
I was too young to appreciate Fawlty Towers when it first aired – I grew into it through repeats, videos and with buying the soundtracks to a few of the episodes. With the restaurant scenes [more…]