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This Sporting Life – Chapter 2

11th March 2023 Going Postal 0

Introduction Currently there are sixty racecourses spread across the United Kingdom and thus far I’ve visited around a third of them. Of the total, more than half cater for the faster type of horses bred [more…]

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G5E1 – Origins of Rock ‘n’ Roll – The Beginning

10th March 2023 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

Welcome pop pickers to an ambitious series of articles covering 6 genres, each with 6 episodes. To give a bit of variation, the next episode of each genre will be published 6 weeks after the [more…]

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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

10th March 2023 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 9th March 2023 The Panel: Robert Jenrick (Conservative) Sarah Jones (Labour) Ken Clarke (Former Home Secretary) Yasmin Alibhai-Brown (Journalist) Richard Madeley (Broadcaster) Venue: London Hereditary journalist Richard Madeley was born in Romford, Essex [more…]

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Trag In Ruh (Take It In Your Stride)

4th March 2023 Always Worth Saying 0

Puffins will be familiar with a truism of the lower orders ducking and diving through the mean streets of Zermatt with a dagger between their teeth looking for a cheap room while the officer class [more…]

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Macbeth Act 1 Scene 1

4th March 2023 Going Postal 0

Welcome to the second of Crom’s Deep Dives. I was touched by some of your comments on the first of this series and found they motivated me to find the time to commence this second [more…]

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G4E1 – Origins of Northern Soul & Disco – The Beginning

3rd March 2023 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

G4E1 – Origins of Northern Soul & Disco – The Beginning Welcome pop pickers to an ambitious series of articles covering 6 genres, each with 6 episodes. To give a bit of variation, the next [more…]

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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

3rd March 2023 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 2nd March 2023 The Panel: Graham Stewart (Conservative) Jonathan Reynolds (Labour) Tom Harwood (Journalist) Juergen Maier (Businessman) Kirsty Blackman (SNP) Venue: Sunderland The first question, dear God, was about Brexit despite the fact [more…]

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A Postcard From a Long Christmas Cruise, Part Seven

1st March 2023 Going Postal 0

29th December – At sea The ‘Phantom Door Banger’ was late this morning. I was up and dressed when ‘its’ door crashed at 07:20. Guess who forgot to put their clock forward? Mind you, having [more…]

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A View From The Greenhouse; New Beginnings

28th February 2023 Colin Cross 0

It’s that time of year again, when I choose to bore the bi-weekly pants off you all by relating my erstwhile greenhouse adventures and, more often than not, misadventures. As always this “diary” will be [more…]

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