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The Mossdale Tragedy – Part Two

17th October 2019 Blown Periphery 0

On 24rd June 1967, while I was preparing to fail my 11-Plus exam and assemblies of foppish young men were mincing around “Swinging” London in Velvet smoking jackets and frill-fronted shirts, a group of ten [more…]

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Nazi missiles threaten Israel

16th October 2019 well_chuffed 0

Why did I choose to write this; long forgotten reports of missiles in Egypt and the way the press didn’t seem to take it very seriously at the time. It is time for a closer [more…]

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The History of Pop Music – 1995

11th October 2019 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

Featured song: Oasis – Some Might Say 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. [more…]

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The Mossdale Tragedy – Part One

10th October 2019 Blown Periphery 0

History and Early Exploration of the Mossdale Caverns I have always been claustrophobic. Well, that’s not strictly true. I became claustrophobic when my brother locked me inside a cupboard when I was four. Why did [more…]

20th Century

Tyler Gatewood Kent

9th October 2019 well_chuffed 0

Those of you who have defied all tradition and read my ramblings about The Right Club may just remember the name Tyler Kent. He was the cipher clerk at the US Embassy who was passing [more…]

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The History of Pop Music – 1994

4th October 2019 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

Featured song: Elton John – Circle of Life 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 [more…]

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The Right Club – Part 2

2nd October 2019 well_chuffed 0

Part 1 was the background to the origins of the Right Club and introduced some of the members who via various other shady organisations eventually joined the club. The very first fascist organisation in the [more…]

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Bollocks to Krauts! Malka and Shlomo in the Secret Shtetl

26th August 2019 Going Postal 0

“Malka and Shlomo in the Secret Shtetl” was inspired by a story which circulated within dissidents circles when I was a student in Moscow in the early 1980s: several villages in Siberia were so remote [more…]

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Bax of Delights

18th August 2019 Roger Ackroyd 0

There have been quite a few occasions when one wished one was a fly on the wall to listen in on a conversation. The private discussion between Sir Arnold Bax, Master of the King’s Musick, [more…]

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