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The Sweet Shop
As a young child in the 1950 I used to love to visit the sweet shop to spend some of my pocket money. One of my favourite places was called the Kabin, a very small [more…]
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Adeste, Fideles
The third Sunday of Advent – #Peace. Maestà, or Maestà of Duccio is an altarpiece composed of many individual paintings commissioned by the city of Siena in 1308 from the artist Duccio di Buoninsegna, 1308–1311 [more…]
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Postcard from Lille, Part 43
Sunday got off to a strange start, as I hadn’t changed the time on my phone and the rotter hadn’t changed itself. My team turned up for the rendezvous an hour late. We’re stopping in [more…]
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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Election Results Special Question Time 13th December 2019 Panel: Grant Shapps (Conservative) Stephen Kinnock (Labour) Drew Hendry (SNP) Michael Dobbs (Conservative Author) Helen Lewis (Left-wing Journalist) Venue: London, Wandsworth They say a week is a [more…]
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Nominations for Wankpuffin of the Year 2019
For the third year running I am pleased to present the WOTYs. 2018’s nominations. Vote early, vote often, vote as many times as you like. Enter the name of your choice, use full names, duplicates [more…]
17th Century
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Prostitution law in the UK
Prostitution Law Some time ago there was a planning application for a ‘sexual encounter establishment’ all over the local paper. It was to be a lap dancing club. But people made some inflammatory statements, so [more…]
America
President Donald Trump Rally – Hershey, Pennsylvania
Start time midnight. Featured image: Gage Skidmore – Licence CC BY-SA 2.0
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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Under Thirties Question Time 9th December 2019 Panel: Robert Jenrick (Conservative) Angela Rayner (Labour) Humza Yousaf (SNP) Jo Swinson (Liberal Democrats) Adam Price (Plaid Cymru) Jonathan Bartley (Green) Nigel Farage (Brexit Party) Venue: York As [more…]