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A Kinder, Gentler Nazism?

24th March 2021 bobo 3599 Comments

Their neighbours in the luxury apartment block on the swanky Prinzregentenplatz in Munich knew that the couple in Flat 16 had a volatile relationship. What was less clear was the nature of that relationship. He [more…]

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“Not Yet”…George Will on Churchillian Realism

23rd March 2021 Going Postal 3890 Comments

On March 5th, the conservative columnist George F. Will gave the 34th Enid and R. Crosby Kemper Lecture at the occasion of the 75th anniversary of Winston Churchill’s “Sinews of Peace” speech at Westminster College [more…]

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A History of Pop Music – Albums 1983

19th March 2021 Phil the Ex Test Manager 3189 Comments

Featured Album: UB40 – Labour of Love This is a series of articles looking at albums from 1960 to whatever year we end up in. I will select a featured album for each year and [more…]

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Jinnie’s Story, Chapter Ten

19th March 2021 Going Postal 2406 Comments

Saturday morning was much like any morning, the girls were up fairly early, had breakfast, but instead of lectures they had arranged to go together to the University Gym Club for a session in the [more…]

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The Story of a Watch

18th March 2021 Grimy Miner 3184 Comments

This is the story of a watch. A plain, simple, pocket watch. Probably bought in the early 1940’s for three Half-Crowns (7/6, or in “New Money”, 37.5p) from a Woolworth or a High Street Jewellers. [more…]

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The Desert War – March 1941

17th March 2021 well_chuffed 2015 Comments

Into March and while there is a bit of a lull in Libya, The Balkans start to figure large and Italian East Africa gets smaller and smaller. Let’s start with a look at Libya. The [more…]

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De Profundis or How Green Was My Valley?

15th March 2021 Tom Pudding 3694 Comments

I qualified as a public health inspector (PHI) in Hull in 1968 and after a couple of years with a rural district council in South Norfolk, at the tender age of 22 I found myself [more…]

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A History of Pop Music – Albums 1982

12th March 2021 Phil the Ex Test Manager 3056 Comments

Featured Album: Madness – Complete Madness This is a series of articles looking at albums from 1960 to whatever year we end up in. I will select a featured album for each year and the [more…]

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Jinnie’s Story, Chapter Nine

12th March 2021 Going Postal 2122 Comments

Jinnie woke to the sound of Simone singing in French in the shower. First, she lay quiet and tried to recognise the song but it was nothing she could place. Then she realised it was [more…]

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