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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…]
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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…]
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Postcard From November, Part 5
Happy Birthday to Me My birthday is November 4th and as a child my main memory of it was always of my parents laying on a party for my friends who all turned up bearing [more…]
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The Swaling, Part Fifty Four
Myself and my colleague Captain Davis are in the constituency office of Sleescale MP, Major Sir Fergus McDee MC. He is standing at the window facing into the room, eying us up. His secretary, Miss [more…]
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A History of Pop Music Albums – 1990
A History of Pop Music Albums – 1990 Featured Album: The Very Best of Elton John 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 Question Time Review
Question Time 6th May 2021 Panel: Robert Jenrick (Conservative) Thangham Debbonaire (Labour) Hugh Osmond (Businessman) Deborah Frances-White (Media professional) John Bercow (Former Commons Speaker) Venue: London Dominic Lawson, Wilfred Emmanuel Jones’ agent, Gal Dem (the [more…]