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O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Today is the first Sunday of Advent. It is time to light the first candle. #Hope. O come, O come, Emmanuel, And ransom captive Israel, That mourns in lonely exile here, Until the Son of [more…]
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Postcard from Lille, Part 41
There’s a very good story about Alan Hansen, who played for football Liverpool and Scotland in the days when Liverpool were winning European competitions (some things never change) and Scotland were qualifying for World Cup [more…]
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The History Of Christmas Number Ones 1952 – 1999, Part One: 1952 – 1975
Holy mince pies and brandy butter Batman! Is it bauble and tinsel time again already? It seems like we just got the last of the pine needle out of the carpet and here we go [more…]
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Roger Ackroyd’s Question Time Review
Question Time 28th November 2019 Panel: Lionel Shriver (Crazy name, not so crazy lady) Zanny Minton Beddoes (Crazy name. Bilderberger) Caroline Lucas (Just crazy) Andy McDonald (Barking) Brandon Lewis (Carpetbagger) Venue: Swindon 53% Leave. The [more…]
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Going Postal with Question Time
Graphic EJ – Updated by Sam. Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Swindon. On the panel are: Brandon Lewis, chairman of the Conservative Party, Conservative; Andy McDonald, shadow transport secretary, Labour; Caroline [more…]
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In Praise of Mono-Culturalism
What is “monoculturalism”? Take a trip around the internet and you’ll find out that monoculturalism is defined as “the cultivation of a single crop in a given area”. That’s all well and good and the [more…]
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President Donald Trump Rally – Sunrise, Florida
Start time midnight. Featured image: Gage Skidmore – Licence CC BY-SA 2.0
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Home Alone
This Christmas Day I shall dine alone, in fact hopefully, I will spend the whole day with the single person that I trust the most in the entire world, myself. No let downs, no drama, [more…]
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Postcard from Lille, Part 40
Later on, I was sent to International Business School to brush up, get myself up to date, match my experiences to theory and get some of (what I now know to be) ‘competences and resources’ [more…]