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Postcard from Lille, Part 47
For a recap of the story so far, please click here. For some reason, Sister thought that things were, ‘Pretty shitty’. She’d just met the Pope, was flying first class and was eating a delicious [more…]
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Cruising at Christmas (and the New Year) – Part 1
Pre Cruise I have been on a number of cruises on a number of different cruise lines but this is my first Christmas Cruise so I thought I might document it. Some time ago my [more…]
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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 16th January 2020 Panel: Baroness Chakrabarti of Kennington (Labour) Helen Whately (Conservative) Alyn Smith (SNP) Madeline Grant (Daily Telegraph Comment Editor) Laurence Fox (Actor) Venue: Liverpool To this reviewer’s recollection, Brexit was only [more…]
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Going Postal with Question Time
Graphic EJ – Updated by Sam. Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Liverpool. On the panel are: Helen Whately MP, Culture Minister, Conservative; Shami Chakrabarti, Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales [more…]
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Lausanne in the rain
Lausanne, 2014 Back in the 1980s, I had been in Switzerland mainly to make a bit of money and “have an experience.” I hadn’t really been too concerned with the politics or culture of what [more…]
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Shunting dusted off
Christmas is always a time that makes me nostalgic, harking back to the time when you looked forwards to presents that didn’t induce a hangover or keep your feet warm. It’s also a time when, [more…]
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Diversity, Implied Racism and The Lake District (A Resident’s Perspective)
Although not a born and bred Cumbrian I’ve made my home, for the second (and final) time in the Lake District. I first came here in 1975 and although the attractions on a base level [more…]
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Postcard from Lille, Part 46
We are a family of six taking a late November weekend break in chilly Northern France. It is the year 2018. We are split into three teams as, unfortunately, I have accidentally booked us into [more…]
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