Arts
Pyrography
Background Known as “pokerwork” until the late 19th Century, it is believed that this form of applied art has been practiced since Prehistoric times. At its most basic, it involves the burning of pictures or [more…]
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A Holiday in Scotland, Part 3 (Loch Lomond to York )
Leaving Loch Lomond, we travelled down the M74 towards Carlisle and eventually on to the M6 where we took the A66 junction near Penrith, crossing the Pennines and headed towards the A1(M). We arrived in [more…]
20th Century
Mystery Album, Part Four
Having exhausted the train photographs to the middle of our mystery album, with care we shall turn its century-old leaves to the front. Those locomotive photos were from 1925, therefore the next set of reproductions [more…]
20th Century
My Legends of Pop Music – Part Thirteen – Rod Stewart
If I get this right, there will be many cover versions by future bands. I shall try and link live versions if they exist from the tellybox or a film, the sound quality may not [more…]
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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 7th October 2021 The Panel: Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative) Lisa Nandy (Labour) Minette Batters (NFU) Nick Ferrari (Broadcaster) Rosie Jones (Comedian) Venue: Aldershot We’re doomed, doomed I tell you, doomed, said first questioner Hassan [more…]
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In Praise of The Uptick, Part Two
A sizeable number of GPers recently attended SB’s 60th birthday bash and they came and went over three days, some attending the whole bash, some just an afternoon or evening. This convergence of puffins in [more…]
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A Holiday in Scotland, Part 2 (Glasgow, Falkirk, Loch Lomond)
You may recall from Part 1 that we had to rearrange our trip to the Falkirk Wheel due to getting stuck in traffic leaving Edinburgh and after our aborted trip we headed to our next [more…]
20th Century
My Legends of Pop Music – Part Twelve – The Monkees
If I get this right, there will be many cover versions by future bands. I shall try and link live versions if they exist from the tellybox or a film, the sound quality may not [more…]
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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 30th September 2021 The Panel: George Eustace (Conservative) Wes Streeting (Labour) Amy Hart (Influencer) Lord Bilimoria (CBI) Ella Whelan (Journalist) Venue: Birmingham Post-Brexit petrol shortage, lorry drivers! We were warned, said Wesley Streeting [more…]