Showing posts with label Bristol. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bristol. Show all posts
Friday, June 05, 2026

The Joy of Six 1528

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Tom Williams reports from Southampton: "The demonstration descended into rioting as protesters clashed with police. Out-of-towners, in...
Sunday, May 17, 2026

The poor Lambeth church providing choristers for cathedrals

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So many areas of our national life are now dominated by the products of private schools, from journalism via county cricket to film and thea...
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Patrick Duff: Foolish People

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Stranglelove were my favourite slightly obscure Nineties band, so they have featured here three times: Time For the Rest of Your Life , Elin...
Saturday, April 04, 2026

Pineapple Road station, Rhubarb Curve and the Rhubarb Express

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Transport for West Midlands On Tuesday three new railway stations are opening in Birmingham: Kings Heath, Moseley Village and Pineapple Roa...
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Friday, March 20, 2026

The last episode of Shoestring: The Dangerous Game

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This post is written for the 12th Annual Favourite TV Show Episode Blogathon  on Terence Towles Canote's blog A Shroud of Thoughts. Clic...
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Thursday, March 12, 2026

The Joy of Six 1488

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"It’s what happens when the NHS has run out of room. It means intimate conversations about cancer, stroke, or dementia in earshot of st...
Tuesday, February 03, 2026

The Joy of Six 1470

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Timothy Snyder  reports from a frightened city: "In the schools and churches of Springfield, Ohio, people are making hasty preparations...
Thursday, October 23, 2025

The Joy of Six 1425

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"The Cabinet Office, Lord Gove and Ciga Healthcare were approached for comment but did not respond by time of publication." Byline...
Thursday, May 08, 2025

The West of England has a Lib Dem deputy mayor

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Kevin Guy, the Liberal Democrat leader of Bath and North East Somerset Council, will serve as deputy mayor of the West of England for the ne...
Wednesday, April 02, 2025

The Joy of Six 1342

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"Part of this is down to the increasing centralisation of politics. The prime minister’s role has expanded dramatically over the decade...
Monday, July 29, 2024

Man graduates 41 years after being denied ceremony by parrot problem

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Thanks to a nomination from a Liberal England reader, the Guardian wins our Headline of the Day Award.
Sunday, March 10, 2024

Paul Tyler is a direct descendant of Cornish hero Bishop Trelawny

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I've seen it claimed and now I have confirmation from the Beast's horse's mouth. The Liberal Democrat peer and former MP Paul T...
Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Six of the Best 999

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Stephen Williams makes the case for abolishing Bristol's elected mayor. Samantha Rose Hill examines Hannah Arendt's writings on th...
Tuesday, June 23, 2020

A snapshot of forgotten post-war railway history

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Embed from Getty Images   Browsing railway photographs on GettyImages, as you do, I came across this. Taken at Bristol Temple Meads in May 1...
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Monday, June 08, 2020

Tory councillor who opposed any change to Bristol statue had a golliwog mascot

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One of the suggestions for making the Bristol statue of Edward Colston more acceptable was to add a second plaque that spelt out his role in...
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Monday, May 04, 2020

Six of the Best 924

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Michael Mullaney says the Liberal Democrats must be a party for all of Britain. "Face-to-face work is especially important for stu...
Friday, February 21, 2020

Thank you, Roland Hall: In praise of generous university offers

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After I left Boxmoor  and my good school reports, life was difficult. I had moved from a comprehensive that had recently been a very trad...
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Monday, May 07, 2018

Six of the Best 788

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"I became involved with Labour Against Antisemitism, and looked at what local Labour members had been doing online. I saw Holocaust d...
Sunday, April 08, 2018

Labour really does have a problem with anti-Semitism

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If you doubt the Labour Party has a problem with anti-Semitism, take a look at the motion debated by its Bristol West constituency party ...
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Wednesday, September 27, 2017

The two series of Shoestring to be released as a DVD set

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Good news! The series of Shoestring are about to be released on DVD. The Network on Air site says: Trevor Eve stars as radio "...