Arts
The Swaling, Part Fifty
“Very nice,” declared the Colonel while the pair of us looked towards a bungalow, stable block and paddock, one of a number of exclusive homes sitting in a knot about twenty minutes drive from the [more…]
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20th Century
A History of Pop Music Albums – 1986
A History of Pop Music Albums – 1986 Featured Album: Paul Simon – Graceland This is a series of articles looking at albums from 1960 to whatever year we end up in. I will select [more…]
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Most Popular Ever Question Time Reviewed
Question Time 22nd October 2009 Panel: Sayeeda Hussain Warsi (Conservative) Jack Straw (Labour) Nick Griffin (British National Party) Chris Huhne (LibDem) Bonnie Greer (Author) Venue: London With Question Time absent for another week, QT Review [more…]
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More Artwork 2021, Part One
It’s been a while since my last article on items of art we’ve purchased for our new home and I thought some of you Puffins would like to see some of the latest pieces, having [more…]
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Four Weeks One Summer, Part One
Our four weeks begin on Thursday the 30th July 2015, the concluding day of Regina versus Fellows at the Old Bailey in London. In a witness statement, Ben Fellows had claimed that Kenneth Clarke MP [more…]
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Postcard From Narvik, Part One
Lying just above the 68th parallel makes the Norwegian port of Narvik more northern than Iceland. The Nordland municipality’s 20,000 inhabitants also live their lives 860 miles north of Oslo, 870 miles from Stockholm in [more…]
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The Swaling, Part Forty Nine
“Silly old fart.” Never slow to turn thoughts into words, Davies expressed that one from his side of our shared room, above a Sleescale corner shop, while sat in bed reading a three-day-old newspaper by [more…]
20th Century
A History of Pop Music Albums – 1985
A History of Pop Music Albums – 1985 Featured Album: Dire Straits – Brothers in Arms This is a series of articles looking at albums from 1960 to whatever year we end up in. I [more…]
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Always Worth Saying’s Scottish Leaders’ Debate Review
Scottish Leaders’ Debate Review Panel: Douglas Ross (Conservative) Anas Sarwar (Labour) Nichola Sturgeon (SNP) Alex Rennie (LibDem) Lorna Slater (Greens) Venue: Scotland If British politics is a Westminster village then Scottish politics is the outside [more…]