20th Century
A History of Pop Music – Albums 1963
Featured Album: Please Please Me – The Beatles This is a series of articles looking at albums from 1960 to whatever year we end up in. I will select a featured album for each year [more…]
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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 4th June 2026 The Panel: Andy Burnham (Labour) Michael Winstanley (Conservative) Robert Kenyon (Reform UK) Jake Austin (Liberal Democrat) Sarah Wakefield (Green Party) Venue: Makerfield As ever, the dullard of the family is [more…]
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Jinnie’s Story, Book Nine – Chapter Thirty-Three
The Delta stewardess on the hop from New York whispered into Jinnie’s ear, “Dame Jinnie, the pilot has just received a message to say the military will meet you and your sister on the airbridge [more…]
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Reading – A Love Story: The University Years 1983-1985
Leaving school is a very big change in life. Some go off to employment of various kinds – perhaps learn a trade or do a qualification to enhance life prospects. I was always destined for [more…]
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When We Was Fab – That Annual Cricket Dinner
The cricket club I played for in Oz was part of a much larger sporting society. Netball, football, tennis, hockey and Aussie rules were all part of this rich tapestry. The cricket section was managed [more…]
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Tin Foil Hat – Part 2
The question is what is in the tablets retrieved from Sumer and can the data be trusted. When watching videos on YouTube we must bear in mind that the creators want to make money from [more…]
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Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays – Blue Dot Fever
Welcome back my friends to the flamboyance that never ends, as Fabulously Flamboyant Friday proudly delivers yet another light-loafered, groin-polished googly from the gasworks end of musical magnificence. Tonight, as we respectfully mark Inflammatory Bowel [more…]
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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time AI Special 28th May 2026 The Panel: Darren Jones (Labour) Julia Lopez (Conservative) Laura Gilbert (Tony Blair Institute) Mo Gadwat (AI Pioneer) Victor Riparbelli (CEO, Synthesia) Venue: Dulwich Penned in 2022, a G-P [more…]
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Jinnie’s Story, Book Nine – Chapter Thirty-Two
A happy Alberto left Jinnie and headed back to his office. Jinnie sat pondering the question of whom she should pitch the job of CEO of TT SuperBurger to. It was a major problem. She [more…]