JustaBritabroad | Going Postal

Postcard from the Algarve, No 3

19th July 2018 Beware of Geeks bearing GIFs 1

Aye Aye, Puffins. It is me, El Geeko. Well, as she is over my shoulder, I should say “it’s me, and Ms Geeks”, who is keeping a furtive eye on my escapades on GPs, the [more…]

The State Opening of Parliament

14th October 2019 0

The State Opening of Parliament on Monday 14 October marks the formal start of the parliamentary year. The Queen’s Speech sets out the government’s agenda for the next session of Parliament and outlines proposed policies [more...]
Where Astrophysics meets Climate Science

19th April 2019 0

– Astrophysicists have succeeded in decoding Solar activity and the results show that climate scientists have some questions to answer. There is an interesting collision about to take place between astrophysics and climate science. This [more...]
Sinking the enemy BBC style

13th February 2020 0

When I heard through a third-party that the BBC was planning, and I quote, ‘to sink’ my new book about them I wasn’t that surprised. After all, the theme of ‘The Fake News Factory: Tales [more...]
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

14th February 2020 0

Question Time 13th February 2020 Panel: Tom Tugendhat (Conservative) Ian Murray (Labour) Joanna Cherry (Scottish National Party) Alex Massie (Journalist) Val McDermid (Author) Venue: Dundee There is such a thing as a ‘dermoid’ cyst. Doctors [more...]
Temporary Jobs

22nd August 2019 0

I was saddened to learn that Richard Williams has died. He was the Richard Williams of Cartoons. Proper real cartoons with animators drawing the sequences on celluloid just like the Disney bods did back in [more...]