20th Century
A History of Pop Music Albums – 1992
A History of Pop Music Albums – 1992 Featured Album: Annie Lennox – Diva 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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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 20th May 2021 Panel: Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative) Nick Thomas-Symonds (Labour) Devi Sridhar (Academic) Richard Walker (Retailer) Harriet Green (Buisnesswoman) Venue: London & Edinburgh Never mind that, Puffins want to know about my toothache. [more…]
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Postcard from Romania – Part Two
Part One of the Postcard from Romania covered our arrival in the beautiful city of Cluj-Napoca, in May of 2018. In writing it, I tried to dispel just a little of the negative impression many [more…]
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The Curtal – ‘False Idol’
Working with data, akin to a science – I’m at odds with my natural leaning To the Arts. A relentless march for proof: to reveal; to rend the veil; a reliance on progress I find [more…]
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Ein, Zwei, DIE!
After I reviewed the terrible House on Cemetery Hill, I perused the comments which, apparently, no one reads and spotted a few suggestions for the category of worst films ever made. Of the films put [more…]
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Return to Puffin Island
As there has already been a postcard from Lundy by Bassman, I am writing this as a complimentary continuation. A few years ago I spent a few days on the island with friends so had [more…]
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The Swaling, Part Fifty Five
Myself and my colleague Natasha Williams are at our department’s private election night party at a packed and noisy Dolphin Square bistro. In the early hours of the tenth of June nineteen eighty-three, a colour [more…]
20th Century
A History of Pop Music Albums – 1991
A History of Pop Music Albums – 1991 Featured Album: Greatest_Hits_II_(Queen_album) This is a series of articles looking at albums from 1960 to whatever year we end up in. I will select a featured album [more…]
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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 13th May 2021 Panel: Robert Buckland (Conservative) Lisa Nandy (Labour) Michelle Dewberry (GB News) Paul Mason (Journalist) Kate Forbes (SNP) Venue: London Never mind that, Puffins want to know about this humble reviewer’s [more…]