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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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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe & The Propaganda War Against Iran

22nd March 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

The Mysterious Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe In the early hours of Thursday 17th March 2022, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe arrived at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire after a near six-year-long detention in her native Iran. Part of the time [more…]

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The treachery of our very own fourth estate

1st February 2022 well_chuffed 0

Who among us is not aware of the disgraceful behaviour of the BBC during the Falklands War. They did their utmost to scupper our chances and give information in public that was very useful to [more…]

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I Could Have Worked For The BBC

14th December 2021 NeverUpToTheJob 0

I could have worked for the BBC. Yes, I know that sounds preposterous, but actually it’s true! I could have worked for the BBC, and by now would be a retired executive on a very [more…]

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The story of Matilda (Revised)

11th November 2021 Going Postal 0

I wrote a few notes on Warble Gloaming recently, and with the gloomfest that is COP26 looming I thought it might be time to revisit them.  Here’s the third, where I try to list the [more…]

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Apollo 13 (Revised)

4th November 2021 Going Postal 0

I wrote a few notes on Warble Gloaming recently, and with the gloomfest that is COP26 looming I thought it might be time to revisit them.  Here’s the second, on that well-known danger to Life [more…]

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Ice Station Zero (Revisited)

28th October 2021 Going Postal 0

I wrote a few notes on Warble Gloaming recently, and with the gloomfest that is COP26 looming I thought it might be time to revisit them. Here’s the first, which I’ve named after an Alistair [more…]

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