20th Century
Postcard From Innsbruck
Zurück in den Tag Am I allowed to say that back in the day I loved Austria? Yes, it was too expensive, yes it was full of unrepentant Nazis, and yes the whole place was [more…]
Arts
20th Century
My Leg Ends of Pop Music – Part Seven –AC/DC
After 60 proper legends of pop (OK, you may have thought that some were a bit iffy), it is now time for my Top 20 Leg Ends of pop. These are those groups or artists [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 3rd November 2022 The Panel: Chris Philp (Conservative) Peter Kyle (Labour) Stuart Rose (Asda) Zany Minton Beddoes (The Economist) George the Poet (Spoken-word artist) Venue: Horsham George The Poet, not his real name, [more…]
Economics
OTF (Own Two Feet) Party, Part Thirteen
Introduction If we wish to be allowed to live as we see fit, it is accepted that we must be responsible for our own failures too when they occur. And obviously that means we should [more…]
Arts
Feck yoos Disqus censor algorithm
There’s an old online adage: if you can’t beat the censorial posting comments algorithm, make it an article. And so I will. Twice censored in the comments that nobody reads. Thanks, Disqus codebase. A lazy [more…]
Arts
Pumpkin time
By now, you will doubtless have figured out that I have a very keen interest in glass, so while we were visiting the lovely Northeast of England for a few days recently, we took the [more…]
20th Century
Postcard From West Germany
Donaueschingen Strict privacy laws and the German people’s well-practiced challenges to any risk posed to that privacy means that Street View isn’t available in the Federal Republic. Identifying the locations of old photographs, in this [more…]
20th Century
My Leg Ends of Pop Music – Part Six – Led Zeppelin
After 60 proper legends of pop (OK, you may have thought that some were a bit iffy), it is now time for my Top 20 Leg Ends of pop. These are those groups or artists [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 27th October 2022 The Panel: David Lammy (Labour) Julia Hartley-Brewer (Journalist) Armando Iannucci (Writer) Late arrival: Lucy Frazer (Conservative) Venue: Dulwich Never mind that. It’s my birthday. On the premise that if you [more…]