Arts

V Discs

27th March 2020 Going Postal 0

“V” or “Victory Discs” were a development of an idea originally cooked up in 1941 by thee US Army’s Recreation and Welfare Section and the were based on the thought that recordings of military band [more…]

Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

27th March 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 26th March 2020 Panel: Robert Jenrick (Conservative) Emily Thornbury (Labour) Richard Horton (The Lancet) Humphrey Cobbold (Businessman) Venue: Shrewsbury In another alteration to the usual format, tonight’s panel were in London, the questioners [more…]

Going Postal with Question Time

26th March 2020 Going Postal 0

Graphic EJ – Updated by Sam. Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from West London. On the panel are: Robert Jenrick MP, secretary of state for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Conservative; Emily [more…]

Trump and the China Virus. A Glitch in the Matrix 2020

25th March 2020 James Dalton 0

You have to hand it to them. To politicians and journalists in the pockets of worldwide big money. They know exactly what they are doing – and the world succumbs. “Even when the squirrel really [more…]

Adventures in Photography; Scenery, Landscape and “Views”

23rd March 2020 Colin Cross 0

In this second article about photography I wanted to talk about how I take “scenery” photographs, many of which often require setting up and/or travelling specifically to a place to take pictures and others which [more…]

Reasons to be cheerful

23rd March 2020 Going Postal 0

Having lurked around these parts for a while quietly enjoying the conversation, I know that a lot of people on here worry about what sort of world our children will inherit. Although reports on the [more…]

Lent & the 40 Days in the Old and New Testaments

22nd March 2020 1642again 0

In continuing my series of articles on the striking consistencies of theme and message within the Old and New Testaments, it seems apt not to discuss Lent and Jesus’ Forty Days in the Wilderness which [more…]

Postcard from Lille Part 56

21st March 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

Before I start, Gisele is a flowery writer and is prone to exaggeration. Aren’t we all? She is also prone to acting on those exaggerations, therefore we must take what she says seriously. Plus, across [more…]

Worst first day

20th March 2020 Going Postal 0

Firstly JGM2 this was going to be a reply to you but upon its length I decided to submit it for an article: I got a new job as a van driver, large firm based [more…]