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God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
The third Sunday of Advent – #Joy. A traditional English carol from the 16th century or earlier. © OldTrout
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The Swaling, Part Thirty Three
The four of us are standing outside a storm-lashed and deserted British High Commission on Napier Road, Tanglin. It is just shy of 1am. Singapore’s Diplomatic Corps are weather trapped at the High Commissioner’s social, [more…]
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A History of Pop Music – Albums 1969
Featured Album: Johnny Cash – At San Quentin 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…]
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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 10th December 2020 Panel: Robert Buckland (Conservative) Wes Streeting (Labour) Malcolm Turnbull (Former Australian PM) Julia Hartley-Brewer (Broadcaster) Anand Menon (Politics professor) Venue: Chelmsford Firstly, your humble author your award-winning author must thank [more…]
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Going Postal with Question Time
Graphic EJ – Updated by Sam. Fiona Bruce presents another hour of BBC programming from Chelmsford. Same old faces, same tired programming. On the panel are: Robert Buckland MP (CCP), justice secretary and Lord high [more…]
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Postcard From Berlin, 1979
Back in the late 1970s, when we were both rising stars in IT in the Ministry of Defence, my friend was posted to Berlin to run the Army’s computer centre there. Being a good mate, [more…]
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The Revelation of St Marcus
In his 7th February 1952 speech, Prime Minister Winston Churchill spoke in sorrow at the recent death of King George VI but also in optimism of the following day’s proclamation of the sovereignty of Queen [more…]
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Cnuteneering, Part Five
Welcome back to Cnuteneering, where the possible is made more difficult by bone headed ignorance, overenthusiasm and pointy metal things being brought together. And poor couriering. You may want to refresh your memory on the [more…]
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Film Review: Withnail & I
Withnail & I (1987) is a masterpiece of British dark-comic satire written and directed by actor, novelist, and screenwriter Bruce Robinson, who went on to write and direct How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989), [more…]