20th Century
The History of Pop Music – 1974
Featured song: Mud – Tiger Feet This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 when they stopped making it. One [more…]
Arts
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 13th March 2025 The Panel: Emma Reynolds (Labour) Luke Evans (Conservative) Wendy Chamberlain (LibDem) Faiza Shaheen (Economist & Activist) Konstantin Kisin (Podcaster & author) Venue: Wolverhampton Is there a method to Trump’s madness [more…]
Arts
Jinnie’s Story, Book Eight – Chapter Two
Jack Baker called the first official board meeting of Bearcat Foods Inc. to order and, glancing round the table, said, “Good afternoon, people. The first item on the agenda is the election of a Chairman, [more…]
Economics
The Case Against Fordism
It’s hard to imagine where we would be today in terms of economic progress, industrial production capacity and labour dynamics if Henry Ford never existed. The revolutionary system he pioneered in the early 20th century, [more…]
Culture
A Potteries Idyll
This will be quite brief for a Sharpie article (I can almost hear the collective sighs of relief) but it acts as a bit of a paean to The Potteries, and one not only from [more…]
Arts
Fabulously Flamboyant Friday – When World’s Collide
Welcome back my friends to the flamboyance that never ends, as Fabulously Flamboyant Friday sashays up to the crease to deliver yet another light-loafered, lubed-up googly from the gasworks-end of musical magnificence. I’ve been far [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 6th March 2025 The Panel: Bridget Phillipson (Labour) Harriett Baldwin (Conservative) Richard Tice (Reform UK) Adrian Ramsay (Green) Venue: Skipton This present situation reminds this humble reviewer of the end of the Cold [more…]
Arts
Jinnie’s Story, Book 8 – Chapter One
Dame Jinnie De Luca strolled across the departure hall at Heathrow Terminal 5, looking for the check-in desk for her BA flight to Montreal. She was flying to Ottawa to attend her first board meeting [more…]
Arts
The History of Pop Music – 1973
Featured song: 10cc – Rubber Bullets This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 when they stopped making it. One [more…]