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20th Century

Desert Mystery: Wrecked in The Desert

10th December 2025 Going Postal 0

Amongst my collection of original photographs taken during the Desert War by members of the Deutsche Afrika Korps, I have several of wrecked aircraft but most are usually burnt out and, except to an aviation [more…]

20th Century

The History of Pop Music – 1992

5th December 2025 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

Featured song: Guns N’ Roses – Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door 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 [more…]

20th Century

The History of Pop Music – 1991

21st November 2025 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

Featured song: Free – All Right Now (Doing Their Thing, 1970) Official Live Video This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up [more…]

20th Century

The History of Pop Music – 1990

7th November 2025 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

Featured song: Status Quo – The Anniversary Waltz (I & II) This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 when [more…]

20th Century

Desert Mystery: “Letters from a Feldgrau”, Part Seven

3rd November 2025 Going Postal 0

Back in March of this year, I authored a series of articles on GP based on my translations of the Feldpost letters of a German soldier, Hans Coutandin, to his girlfriend Evchen Möller. Part 6 [more…]

20th Century

The History of Pop Music – 1989

24th October 2025 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

Featured song: Guns N’ Roses – Sweet Child O’ Mine 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 [more…]

20th Century

A Scottish Tragedy

16th October 2025 Going Postal 0

Fifty five years ago, I would have been thirteen, I joined the Scouts, I had been in the Boys Brigade but didn’t like all the marching and keep fit. The 39th Dundee Pack were based [more…]

20th Century

The History of Pop Music – 1988

10th October 2025 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

Featured song: The Hollies – He Ain’t Heavy He’s My Brother This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 when [more…]

20th Century

A Golden Yuan Will Be Good for the American People

2nd October 2025 Patrick Barron 0

Bretton Woods (I) Will Be Replaced by Bretton Woods (II) In his recent interview at Manioco64 Alasdair Macleod used the term “Bretton Woods II” to describe the steady progress being made by China to make [more…]

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