Animals
Reasons to be cheerful
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…]
Arts
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Lent & the 40 Days in the Old and New Testaments
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…]
Arts
Postcard from Lille Part 56
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…]
Arts
Worst first day
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…]
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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 19th March 2020 Panel: Matt Hancock (Conservative) Andy Burnham (Labour) Tom Soloman (Doctor) Frances O’Grady (Trades Union Congress) Angela Harnett (Chef) Venue: Weston-super-Mare Weston-super-Mare returns a Conservative MP, John David Penrose, who, like [more…]
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Going Postal with Question Time
Graphic EJ – Updated by Sam. Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Weston-super-Mare. On the panel are: On the panel: secretary of state for health Matt Hancock MP, Mayor of Greater Manchester [more…]
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PMQs with Going Postal
Agenda Prime Minister’s Question Time Ten Minute Rule Motion: Children (Access to Treatment) Bambos Charalambous MP (Enfield, Southgate, Labour) Opposition Day Debate: (Subject to be announced) Adjournment: Future of farming in Somerset Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger [more…]
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Postcard from Lille Part 55
At the end of a veranda, which separated the novice nun’s dormitory from the school’s basketball court, was a ‘shower’. A pyramid of plastic buckets sat below a tap which part filled them as it [more…]
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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 12th March 2020 Panel: Steve Barclay (Conservative) Louise Haigh (Labour) Pete Wishart (SNP) Richard Walker (Retailer) Professor John Ashton (Medical Expert) Venue: West Bromwich Your humble reviewer has been to West Bromwich and [more…]