Arts
The Royal Ballet School
Both Master and Miss Reggie took ballet lessons from an early age (Master Reggie starting at 5 and Miss Reggie at 4). They showed a talent for dance from an early age and Mrs Reggie [more…]
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The Swaling, Part Seventy
As soon as Mr Hong Gildong allowed the doors to be opened, two hours after auctioneer Mr Tan had departed, there was a stampede along the dark and expensively carpeted secret underground passage that connected [more…]
20th Century
My Legends of Pop Music – Part Seven – Roy Orbison
My Legends of Pop Music – Part Seven – Roy Orbison If I get this right, there will be many cover versions by future bands. I shall try and link live versions if they exist [more…]
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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 26th August 2021 Panel: James Cleverly (Conservative) Lisa Nandy (Labour) Rory Stewart (Former diplomat and author) Nelufar Hedayat (Broadcaster) Mehdi Hasan (Broadcaster) Venue: London Puffins will be relieved to hear that, as the [more…]
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The Swaling, Part Sixty Nine
We’re in the underground gaming room of the Lucky Saddle Craft Company, sat around the Kranji table. We being the unlikely finalists of an unlikely competition, raised from Singapore’s high and not so high society, [more…]
20th Century
My Legends of Pop Music – Part Six – Gerry & The Pacemakers
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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GB News Review
GB News 19th August 2021 Present: Alan Hope (Election candidate) Jacob Rees-Mogg (Conservative) Nigel Farage (Broadcaster) Venue: Pints of View This week’s first guest was Alan Hope. Who he? Alan ‘Howling Laud’ Hope leader of [more…]
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Sorrows of a Language Lover
The purpose of language is communication. Anything which muddies the language is the enemy of communication, and something which deliberately obscures the meaning of the words is the work of the Devil. I want to [more…]
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Travels of the Unvaxxed – or how we had a Med summer holiday
You don’t need me to tell you that the last two years have been unprecedented. Our normal routines disrupted, jobs destroyed, way of life and freedoms removed all in the name of a bug. While [more…]