20th Century
’59 Trail, Part Nine
Final part of my uncle, John Alldridge’s 1959 report from Canada’s Far North for the Birmingham Mail – Jerry F Whitehorse, Yukon Territory My problem now was to get out of Alaska and back into [more…]
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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 16th November 2023 The Panel: Jacob Rees-Mogg (Conservative) Bridget Phillipson (Labour) Paul Johnson (Institute of Fiscal Studies) Juliet Samuel (The Times) Danny Sriskandarajah (Oxfam) Venue: Bridgwater Sir Jacob William Rees-Mogg is the Conservative [more…]
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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 9th November 2023 The Panel: David TC Davis (Conservative) Chris Bryant (Labour) Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cyrmu) Anne McElvoy (Journalist) Camilla Kerslake (Entertainer) Venue: Llandudno The interesting members of the family stay at [more…]
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’59 Trail, Part Eight
Part 8 of my uncle, John Alldridge’s 1959 report from Canada’s Far North for the Birmingham Mail – Jerry F Kulir Lodge, Nonvianuk Lake I am roughing it with the rich. There are about 30 [more…]
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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 2nd November 2023 The Panel: Jeremy Quin (Conservative) Nick Thomas-Symonds (Labour) Marie van der Zyl (Board of Deputies of British Jews) Mustafa Suleyman (AI Entrepreneur) Camilla Cavendish (Financial Times) Venue: Chipping Campden After [more…]
20th Century
’59 Trail, Part Seven
Part 7 of my uncle, John Alldridge’s 1959 report from Canada’s Far North for the Birmingham Mail – Jerry F Yellowknife, on the Great Slave Lake I flew the 800 miles from Edmonton to Yellowknife [more…]
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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 26th October 2023 The Panel: Lee Rowley (Conservative) Jonathan Reynolds (Labour) Alyn Smith (SNP) Gabriel Pogrund (Author and journalist) Baroness Sayeeda Warsi (Conservative) Venue: Bradford September 28th’s Question Time from Sale wondered if [more…]
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’59 Trail, Part Six
Part 6 of my uncle, John Alldridge’s 1959 report from Canada’s Far North for the Birmingham Mail – Jerry F Flin Flon, North Manitoba This is a country where hard fact and fantastic fiction are [more…]
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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 19th October 2023 The Panel: Chris Heaton-Harris (Conservative) Hilary Benn (Labour) Jeffrey Donaldson (DUP) Sorcha Eastwood (Alliance Party) John Finucane (Sinn Fein) Venue: Lisburn Hilary Benn (not his real name, Hilary James Wedgwood-Benn) [more…]