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A Postcard From India; Road Trip Part 1; Delhi-Jaipur-Karauli

6th December 2022 Colin Cross 0

I don’t know this for a fact, but I’m pretty sure whatever time you might choose to leave the environs of Delhi, unless it’s in the dead of night, the traffic on the main roads [more…]

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Postcard from Aberystwyth

5th December 2022 Going Postal 0

In September it was our 29th wedding anniversary and we decided it would be good to celebrate by spending a couple of nights away somewhere.  As is usual, it was my job to organise these [more…]

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Rendezvous with Bond at the Palace

3rd December 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

As we head into Switzerland on my father and grandparents’ 1954 Continental road trip, Puffins will be horrified to hear that not only was that year a World Cup year but that the tournament was [more…]

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My Leg Ends of Pop Music – Part Eleven – Atomic Kitten

2nd December 2022 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

After 60 proper legends of pop (OK, you may have thought that some were a bit iffy), it is now time for my Top 20 Leg Ends of pop.  These are those groups or artists [more…]

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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

2nd December 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 1st December 2022 The Panel: David TC Davies (Conservative) Vaughan Gething (Welsh Labour) Adam Price (Plaid Cymru) Olivia Utley (GB News) Shavanah Taj (Wales TUC) Venue: Aberystwyth “Where are you from?”, asked a [more…]

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England Wales Wendyball Preview

29th November 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

The Football Association was formed on 26th October 1863, the Football Association of Wales on 2nd February 1876. One wonders what they got up to in the intervening years as it wasn’t until January 1879 [more…]

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A Motor Through The Alps

26th November 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

Here we see caped cyclists rolling downhill from the Brenner pass summit which marks the border between Austria and Italy. The sign to the left, in both English and German, reads ‘Good bye again in [more…]

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My Leg Ends of Pop Music – Part Ten – The Clash

25th November 2022 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

After 60 proper legends of pop (OK, you may have thought that some were a bit iffy), it is now time for my Top 20 Leg Ends of pop.  These are those groups or artists [more…]

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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

25th November 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 24th November 2022 The Panel: Richard Holden (Conservative) Andy Burnham (Labour) Ben Habib (Businessman) Charlotte Ivers (Times Radio) Darren McGarvey (Broadcaster) Venue: Skipton What would the panel do to encourage the economically inactive [more…]

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