John Smyth was a Canadian-born British barrister and Christian evangelist born in 1941. Son of Colonel Edward Smyth, after prep school in Canada and public school in England, he completed his education at Trinity Hall, [more…]
Featured song: Blondie – Call me This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 when they stopped making it. One [more…]
Bill Boaks was just one in a long line of eccentric political candidates. These days we have the Raving Loony candidates, Count Binface, bus-pass Elvis and a few others. Bill was in a class of [more…]
It has long been a given that World War 2 was a “good war”. The allies were fighting against the beastly Germans and “right” was on their side. A chap called Chad Crowley has put [more…]
I only saw Gary Lineker play once. Our local eleven were away to Leicester City in a fourth-round FA Cup tie. This was 1985 – a mere 40 years ago. The game ended in a [more…]
Featured song: Pink Floyd – Another Brick In The Wall – Live This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 [more…]
In WW2, a Wehrpass contained the personal and service information of a Wehrmacht volunteer or conscript and was used for identification and recording purposes. Issued when registered for military service, it was kept by the [more…]
Welcome back my friends, to the flamboyance that never ends, as Fabulously Flamboyant Friday glides effortlessly across the crease to deliver yet another groin-polished googly from the gasworks end of musical magnificence. Tonight we consider [more…]
King Sausage Fingers opening the Canadian Parliament inspires me to write a few words about the Canucks. Charlie boy opening the Canadian Parliament as their head of state was a a powerful image and a [more…]
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