Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Covid and Power, by Sackerson

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Here we are in Week 40, the first of the 2020/2021 winter flu season. After all we’ve been through so far, there are still revisionists down...
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Sunday, September 27, 2020

SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND: Scrooge's Children, by Wiggia

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Watching yet again Alistair Sim’s wonderful version of Ebenezer Scrooge and his miserly callousness made me reflect on people I have known w...
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Friday, September 25, 2020

FRIDAY MUSIC: Original 'Girl Power', by JD

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 The Wikipedia entry for 'Girl Power' asserts that it began in the 1990s and is associated with female vocal groups of that decade. ...
Thursday, September 24, 2020

The National Trust Guide for rioters who like to torch buildings with style

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Dominic Sandbrook pours scorn on the National Trust's breast-beating booklet about some of their properties' (often very tangential)...
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Tuesday, September 22, 2020

Scots Warriors: The Black Douglas, by JD

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Image: The Scotsman newspaper Herewith the tale of 'Guid' Sir James...  a  tale from Scottish history with a surprising legacy: It i...
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Sunday, September 20, 2020

SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND: A tale of excess, by Wiggia

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All of us of a certain age have got involved in conversations about what we had as kids as opposed to today, the usual hard luck stories wou...
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Friday, September 18, 2020

FRIDAY MUSIC: Cathars, by JD

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"Caedite eos. Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius" (   "Kill 'em all, God will know his own.") - Arnaud Amaury, Abbot o...