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The Oblivion Express
THE OBLIVION EXPRESSSo, the so-called ‘quiet man’ of the Tory party, Iain Duncan Smith has, somewhat belatedly in life, found something lurking in the recesses of his ice-bound brain - a conscience. Or...
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TAMÁM SHUD
TAMÁM SHUDThe Bizarre Mystery of the Somerton ManI remember walking through Somerton Park, a suburb of Adelaide in South Australia, back in the early 1960s. The mainly residential seaside suburb is...
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A Complete Hunt
Yes, suckers - this is about how much I believe in the NHS ...THE PATIENT'S FRIEND?BREXIT and the NHS.As the European ‘stay in’ and ‘opt out’ debate rumbles on, both sides of the argument continue to...
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URGENT MESSAGE To All British People
BEHIND THE HYPE: BE CAREFUL WHO YOU VOTE FOR.The video below, URGENT MESSAGE To All British People seems pretty convincing and manages to hide its political identity behind some good old-fashioned...
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CAN A WEDDING BE GOLDEN?
23.4.1966 - 23.4.2016FIFTY YEARS TOGETHERIs fifty years a long time? Perhaps, if you say it’s ‘half a century’ or take into account our biblically allotted lifespan of three score and ten. Maybe being...
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DEFEND OUR NATIONAL TREASURE
Mansfield's Kings Mill HospitalNo profit: Just Care, Just People.As our work-worn physiques begin breaking down, those of us in the older generation need to visit a hospital more often than we’d wish....
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FLYTIP NATION
Litter at the end of our street, 11 am, Monday May 23rd 2016. Hope you had a good night, guys.LITTERBUGS AND BUSYBODIESASBOs - remember them? In terms of anti-social behaviour in Mansfield, I call...
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RUNNING ON EMPTY
RUNNING ON EMPTYThe Hollywood Reporter recently gathered together six leading New York literary agents to share their thoughts on the publishing industry today. You can see this fascinating hour long...
View ArticleTHE LEAVE CAMPAIGN PROPAGANDA QUESTIONNAIRE
This set of questions and statements (in red) was posted today on my FaceBook page. This propaganda bludgeoning assumes that the recipient (a) reads only the tabloid press (b) has no grasp of history...
View ArticleDúo del Mar - Falla's Danza de la Vida Breve (recorded at the Palau de l...
BEAUTY, SKILL, SHEER EMOTION. THIS IS WHY I LOVE SPAIN'S MUSIC.
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BLUE ROOTS
‘Ye Blews’Blues means what milk does to a baby. Blues is what the spirit is to the minister. We sing the blues because our hearts have been hurt, our souls have been disturbed.Alberta HunterAs waggish...
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Hidden Treasure
NEVER MIND THE NAZI GOLD TRAIN - WHERE'S THE COCOS GOLD?I crossed the Pacific four times during 1960-1962, and one sunny dawn, when I was at the wheel on the bridge, on the horizon I saw Cocos Island,...
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Discs That Time Forgot
Soundtrack to Misspent Youth:The discs that time forgot.1959: Ben Hewitt: He came, made a few records, then vanished.But for a while he made me happy.Having recently involved myself with the BBC’s...
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THE ART OF DARKNESS
THE ART OF DARKNESSAndreas Paul Weber 1893-1980Speculating on deathIn April 1995 I visited Dachau Concentration Camp for The New Statesmanmagazine to write a feature (entitled Hell Was Here) on the...
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R.I.P. JO COX
IN HEAT AGAIN“Do not rejoice in his defeat, you men. For though the world has stood up and stopped the bastard, the bitch that bore him is in heat again.”―Bertolt BrechtSource; Referring to Arturo Ui...
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LITTLE HINGERLAND
It Woz us Wot Won it!Thank heavens that’s over! I’m writing this, bleary-eyed, at 8.30 am on the sunny morning Britain decided to pull up the drawbridge. Napoleon once called us ‘a nation of...
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CAMERON AT CLEETHORPES
ON THE PROMENADEHow did he feel on this dark dawn,Waking early, crushed, forlorn,The night behind him, with no sleepWith one appointment still to keep?For vanquished souls, eager to fleeCleethorpes was...
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Hidden Treasure
NEVER MIND THE NAZI GOLD TRAIN - WHERE'S THE COCOS GOLD?I crossed the Pacific four times during 1960-1962, and one sunny dawn, when I was at the wheel on the bridge, on the horizon I saw Cocos Island,...
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EVERYTHING'S NOT GONNA BE OK
Everything’s Notgonna be OK.Nihilism/ˈnʌɪ(h)ɪlɪz(ə)m/noun: nihilismThe rejection of all religious and moral principles, often in the belief that life is meaningless.Synonyms: negativity, cynicism,...
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