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Reading – A Love Story: The Staff 1977-1982
In my last piece I realised there was so much material about my high school days that it couldn’t possibly fit into one article. This is not about reading but the staff at my high [more…]
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Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays – A Nice Firm Bottom Pt.2
Welcome back my friends, to the flamboyance that never ends, as Fabulously Flamboyant Friday proudly presents yet another of our light-loafered, lubed-up and luxuriant leaps over the pavilion-end puddles of musical magnificence. Tonight, dear reader, [more…]
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Jinnie’s Story, Book Nine – Chapter Twenty-Four
Jinnie sat in the back of the Chevrolet Equinox and watched the countryside glide past. It was only about an hour and a half’s journey to the winery, the last part of which took them [more…]
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Reading – A Love Story: I Won’t Back Down 1975-76
Emigrating to Australia was a very big deal indeed. I hadn’t been further than places like Land’s End, Pembroke and New Brighton – certainly not out of the UK. The last few weeks were a [more…]
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Amended & updated notes from 1983 – an RMA (War Games) lecture
SITREP : The massive airstrikes by Israel and the United States on Iran were not entirely unexpected. Strike forces had been building up in the Persian Gulf for months. Iranian-American negotiations had stalled and offered [more…]
16th Century
‘Agua ai cordi’
It’s a tradition in the Catholic church that on Palm Sunday, the Sunday before Easter, worshippers are given little crosses made from palm leaves. They commemmorate Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem, when followers strewed palm leaves [more…]
20th Century
The History of Pop Music – 1998
Featured song: All Saints – Never Ever (UK Version)
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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 26th March 2026 The Panel: Jacob Richards (Labour) Tom Tugenhat (Conservative) Layla Moran (LibDem) Tom Skinner (Businessman) Venue: Clacton Tonight’s may be a briefer QT Review — not necessarily a bad thing; one [more…]
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Jinnie’s Story, Book Nine – Chapter Twenty-Three
With the orders from USA Gas and Oil Inc. signed, the plans for expanding Bearcat Catering (UK) were implemented, but the additional staff required to run from the Potters Bar offices made the three floors [more…]