20th Century
A History of Pop Music – Albums 1978
Featured Album: Meatloaf – Bat Out of Hell This is a series of articles looking at albums from 1960 to whatever year we end up in. I will select a featured album for each year [more…]
Arts
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 11th February 2021 Panel: Michael Forsyth (Conservative) Ian Murray (Labour) Stephen Fitzpatrick (Businessman) Angela Haggerty (Journalist) Jeanne Freeman (SNP) Venue: Scotland Given the venue, your humble author, through gritted teeth, must begin this [more…]
Arts
A Perfect Weekend
It started with a gig Back in July 2017, my son’s band (pop punk – you wouldn’t like them!) were invited to play at the Workington Touch Down Festival. As the money was good, they [more…]
Arts
A Message from Marianna
Hi, I’m Marianna Spring! I’m 24! I’m the BBC’s specialist misinformation reporter. You may recognise my wide-eyed, 24-year-old face from The One Show, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 4, pictures I post of myself having [more…]
Arts
The Swaling, Part Forty One
Miss Williams’s accommodations resembled a hotel room rather than an apartment, and a middle-market one at that. Its attraction was location, location, location rather than size, furnishings and decor. That location was the seventh floor [more…]
20th Century
A History of Pop Music – Albums 1977
Featured Album: Fleetwood Mac – Rumours This is a series of articles looking at albums from 1960 to whatever year we end up in. I will select a featured album for each year and the [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 4th February 2021 Panel: Oliver Dowden (Conservative) Thangam Debbonaire (Labour) Dr Wanda Wyporska (Equality Trust) Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones (Farmer) Professor Robin Shattock (Immunologist) Venue: London On last week’s all-female Question Time, men were excluded [more…]
Arts
Going Postal with Question Time
Graphic EJ – Updated by Sam. Fiona Bruce presents another hour of BBC programming from around the UK. On the panel are: Oliver Dowden MP, secretary of state for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Conservative; [more…]
Animals
You’ve Been Framed
Well, my fine, feathered, Fraterculae friends, before you skip straight away to the comments which no-one ever reads, a little disclaimer. Despite the title, this piece is most definitely not connected to the brash, uncrowned [more…]