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Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays: The Old Grey Whistle Test

23rd February 2024 Going Postal 0

Greetings pop pickers and welcome to another Fabulously Flamboyant Friday – our fortnightly frolic in the uphill garden of musical fragrance. This week we take a puddle-jumping probe into the rainbow and glitter world of [more…]

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Buried Treasure: An Acropolis on The Frontier

2nd October 2023 Always Worth Saying 0

Amongst a century of detritus at the BBC, there lies some buried treasure. Between layers of fake news, preachy left-wing documentaries and un-funny comedy, the BBC’s iPlayer hides a gleaming gem of an old archaeology [more…]

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Buried Treasure: The Peat Bog Murder Mystery

4th August 2023 Always Worth Saying 0

Amongst a century of detritus at the BBC there lies some buried treasure. Between layers of fake news, preachy left-wing documentaries and un-funny comedy, the BBC’s iPlayer hides a gleaming gem of an old archaeology [more…]

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More Buried Treasure

7th April 2023 Always Worth Saying 0

Amongst a century of detritus at the BBC there lies some buried treasure. Between layers of fake news, preachy left-wing documentaries and un-funny comedy, the BBC’s iPlayer hides a gleaming gem of an old archaeology [more…]

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Buried Treasure

17th January 2023 Always Worth Saying 0

Amongst a century of detritus at the BBC there lies some buried treasure. Between layers of fake news, preachy left-wing documentaries and un-funny comedy, the BBC’s iPlayer hides a gleaming gem of an old archaeology [more…]

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What Will The New Year Bring

4th January 2023 Godfrey Bloom 0

Much has been written about the disastrous effect of experimental spike protein therapy on hitherto healthy young adults & children, much more will be when the slow exposure of the criminals involved get put under [more…]

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Is That True Or Did You Hear It On The BBC?

13th September 2022 Going Postal 0

In his latest book, author David Sedgwick quotes the BBC’s own words back it giving the broadcaster nowhere to hide. Cast your minds back a couple of years to the start of the so-called covid-19 [more…]

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The Day I Kicked The TV Habit

22nd August 2022 NeverUpToTheJob 0

The first of August 2022 marked the second anniversary of the day I kicked the TV habit, and binned the Telly Tax. I wasn’t that surprised at how easy it was to give up watching [more…]

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The War Correspondent, Part Two

12th May 2022 Going Postal 0

Another chapter from “Special Assignment” by my uncle John Alldridge (published in 1960 and now long out of print) During the course of World War II the Press War Correspondent found himself in competition with [more…]

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