20th Century
A History of Pop Music – Albums 1961
Featured Album: Runaway with Del Shannon 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
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 15th October 2020 Panel: Douglas Ross (Conservative) Seema Malhotra (Labour) Kate Forbes (SNP) Miriam Brett (Economic Adviser) Ian wood (Businessman) Mark Walport (Scientist) Venue: Edinburgh Old friend of QT Review, Marcus Rashford, has [more…]
Arts
Going Postal with Question Time
Graphic EJ – Updated by Sam. Fiona Bruce presents another hour of Establishment drivel. On the panel are: Douglas Ross MP, leader of the Scottish Conservative Party, Conservative; Seema Malhotra MP, shadow employment minister, Labour; [more…]
20th Century
The Tank Museum, Bovington
Last week a GP crew visited The Tank Museum, Bovington. Even with the short notice given we were a group of eight two groups of four. It was a pleasure to meet some new puffins. [more…]
Arts
Art in Cocklecarrot (not Cocklecroft) Towers, Part Five
“A little injustice in the heart can be drowned by wine; but a great injustice in the world can be drowned only by the sword” Epigrams of Chang Ch’ao This part of the mould-breaking series [more…]
Arts
Why Resident Evil 4 should not be remade
The last couple of years have seen quite a few old games remade for newer consoles and some of those facing reboots have been the Resident Evil series. Granted, I quite enjoyed the remakes of [more…]
18th Century
Holding Hands – Part Two
In Part One, I explained that my husband and I travelled to Moelfre, not far from Oswestry, to see a sculptor by the name of Tony Meadows. During that visit, Tony had made an alginate [more…]
Arts
The Swaling, Part Twenty Four
Singapore being a Commonwealth country the British Embassy was really a High Commission and the Ambassador, a High Commissioner. Since both high commissioners and ambassadors are addressed as ‘Your Excellency’, myself, my wife Nicole and [more…]
20th Century
A History of Pop Music – Albums 1960
Featured Album: Elvis is Back 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 link [more…]