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The History of Pop Music – 1996
A History of Pop Music – 1996 Firstly, apologies for the rather long delay between these music articles. Normal service will now be resumed. This is a series of articles looking at pop music [more…]
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Der Führer Speaks to the Nation
Ed. Boris Johnson, ruler by diktat, follower of science – those masks really work you know, decrees arbitrary imprisonment for the English population again, even though no one is dying anymore and the pandemic, if [more…]
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Prime Minister’s Diktat Time
Ed. While I doubt many of us believe Boris Johnson’s in charge of much of anything (He’s even devolved ‘Green’ policy to Carrie Symonds for a quiet life), he’s the one at the top and [more…]
Arts
Review: First Ever Question Time
Question Time 25th September 1979 Panel: Teddy Taylor (Conservative) Michael Foot (Labour) Fr Derek Worlock (Roman Catholic Archbishop of Liverpool) Edna O’Brien (Writer) Venue: A South London Theatre The first-ever edition of Question Time was [more…]
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The story of Matilda
Remember old Aesop and his Fables? There’s one about the boy who was set to guard the sheep and as he was bored, he called the alarm to liven things up a bit. Eventually the [more…]
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The episode that broke the spell
I was a huge fan of New Tricks. For those that didn’t watch, it was a British police drama about a small unit of 3 detectives and a DS that ran the show. The USP [more…]
America
The Biggest Little City in the World
More than a century and a half ago, westbound gold rush settlers had to cross the Truckee River, a few miles to the east of the California / Nevada state line. Ahead of them lay [more…]
Arts
Film Review: Twelve Monkeys
Twelve Monkeys (1995) is Terry Gilliam’s love child. Perhaps one of the industry’s most awkward talents, Gilliam has directed some of the most unique and compelling films of the last twenty years. He may be [more…]