Arts

ParkRun

18th February 2023 Going Postal 0

Introduction This is an article about the ParkRun movement that is dragging thousands of people out of bed every Saturday to do a 5km (3.1 mile) run/walk around a park. It is enjoyed by all [more…]

G2E1 – Origins of Glam Rock – The Beginning

17th February 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…]

Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

17th February 2023 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 16th February 2023 The Panel: Robert Jenrick (Conservative) Stephen Kinnock (Labour) Ian Hislop (Private Eye) Ruth Wishart (Journalist) Lionel Shriver (Author) Venue: Rugby Mr Hislop is the editor of ABC1 demographic high-end male [more…]

A Postcard From a Long Christmas Cruise, Part Five

15th February 2023 Going Postal 0

18th December – Aruba The ship picked up the port pilot around six this morning and after a very slow trip from Bonaire (it is only 125 nautical miles away) we docked around about 06:30 [more…]

A Postcard From India; The Food

14th February 2023 Colin Cross 0

You’ll have heard all the scare stories, especially if you’ve travelled to the Middle East, Eastern Europe or Asia; before we set off I lost count of the number of people who warned me about [more…]

From Byron to Buchli

11th February 2023 Always Worth Saying 0

As we continue our clockwise trip around the northern shore of Lake Geneva, we take a slight detour behind the town of Montreux. The above photograph is captioned ‘Col de Jaman’ which is a high [more…]

G1E1 – Origins of the Motown – The Beginning

10th February 2023 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

G1E1 – Origins of the Motown – 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 episode of [more…]

Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

10th February 2023 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 9th February 2023 The Panel: George Freeman (Conservative) Lisa Nandy (Labour) Sarah Olney (LibDem) Matthew Syed (Journalist) Inaya Folarin-Oman (Broadcaster) Venue: Swindon One of the Kent Folarin-Imans, Inaya was educated privately at Tonbridge [more…]

So, Where Are You From?

8th February 2023 Going Postal 0

People research their family trees for all sorts of reasons. Where did I come from? (perfectly respectable to ask one’s self!).What sort of people were my forebears? what jobs did they do? Are there any [more…]