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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

25th September 2026 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 24th September 2026 The Panel: Jonathan Reynolds (Labour) Helen Whately (Conservative) Josh Barbarinde (LibDem) Andrew Neil (Journalist) Ash Sarkar (Political commentator) Venue: Cambridge A graduate of the London School of Economics with a [more…]

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Crossing the Atlantic, Arrival

24th September 2026 Going Postal 0

Every morning the Chief engineer and his #2 would be having breakfast. He was a cheerful Ukrainian man and I always used to ask him, tongue in cheek, if the engine was still OK. On [more…]

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Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays: A Postcard From 1976 Pt.3

18th September 2026 Going Postal 0

It was fifty years ago today. Well… Not quite – but close enough for rock ‘n’ roll. This article was originally scheduled to appear over the recent August bank holiday weekend. But, as is so [more…]

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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

18th September 2026 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 17th September 2026 The Panel: Heidi Alexander (Labour) Joy Morrissey (Conservative) Danny Kruger (Reform UK) Caroline Lucas (Green Party) Venue: Salisbury For once the interesting member of the family, rather than the dullard, [more…]

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Crossing the Atlantic, At Sea

17th September 2026 Going Postal 0

I unpacked my belongings and noticed that outside of my cabin windows was a little orange motor boat that was lowerable down to the water via a crane that swung the thing away from the [more…]

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What It Means to Be an American

16th September 2026 Patrick Barron 0

There is a very big difference between being an American and a citizen of any other nation We often hear that Americans are special. We may even say that ourselves. But what does that mean? [more…]

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Thomas Bewick: the Northumbrian who made his mark

14th September 2026 Going Postal 0

Thomas Bewick redrew every bird in Britain on blocks of boxwood the size of a beer mat, hid some very rude jokes in the margins of a natural history book, and created fingerprints 80-odd years [more…]

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Unpacking The Reform Donations Hoax, Part Two

12th September 2026 Always Worth Saying 0

During a career in the Greenpeace press office (explored in yesterday’s article) punctuated by award-winning undercover stings aimed at the likes of Exxon Mobil and the United Arab Emirates’ COP28 conference, Lawrence Carter highlighted ‘corporate [more…]

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A History of Pop Music – Albums 1970

11th September 2026 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

Featured Album: Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water 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 [more…]

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