Showing posts with label Libraries. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Libraries. Show all posts
Sunday, July 26, 2026

The Joy of Six 1553

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Michael Savage reports that journalists are self-censoring their reporting on right-wing protests, Donald Trump's administration and tr...
Wednesday, July 15, 2026

The Joy of Six 1548

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Sam Bright explains what is missing from the Covid Inquiry PPE report: "Long before the pandemic struck, the governing party had estab...
Tuesday, June 23, 2026

The Joy of Six 1537

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David Howarth reminds us that both Tony Blair and Keir Starmer said pluralist things in opposition, only to go back on them in power: ...
Thursday, December 11, 2025

The Joy of Six 1447

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Keir Starmer's digital ID project is a techno-authoritarian’s wet dream, argues Carole Cadwalladr : "This is a policy that wasn’t i...
Saturday, November 22, 2025

The Joy of Six 1439

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"The sections of Restoring Order and Control that mention children are chilling, suggesting that many asylum seekers bring their childr...
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Sunday, October 12, 2025

The Joy of Six 1421

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"There was little to no interaction between the three groupings at conference. The main hall hosted debates that were stitched up month...
Tuesday, October 07, 2025

The Joy of Six 1419

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"Make no mistake: Raise the Colours and Unite the Kingdom, which drew more than 100,000 protesters to London last month, want the same ...
Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Malcolm Saville visits Shrewsbury in 1963

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Malcolm Saville was a Sussex man, but his most popular books were those set in the Shropshire hills. This advertisement from the Wellington ...
Monday, January 15, 2024

The Joy of Six 1195

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Chris Skidmore tells a Press Association reporter that he has "no regrets" over leaving parliament and warns his former party tha...
Thursday, December 21, 2023

The Joy of Six 1188

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Peter Geogehan reminds us that Michelle Mone is a symptom of a much deeper disease corrupting British politics. "In the hours after th...
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Thursday, October 05, 2023

The Joy of Six 1167

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"When you look at the facts in the cold light of day; Labour’s plan will raise much needed money at a time when state schools are quite...
Saturday, December 03, 2022

The Joy of Six 1094

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"Its lasting value is in its revelation that the institutions of the Conservative Party and the British government are so decrepit that...
Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Listen to the stories of Kenal Rise with John Rogers

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Something a bit different from John Rogers. As he explains on YouTube This is a video of my project for Brent 2020 London Borough of Culture...
Tuesday, March 01, 2022

The Joy of Six 1043

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"Failures of investigation and enforcement by the National Crime Agency and other UK state bodies have led to flawed judgments by UK co...
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...
Thursday, March 05, 2020

For World Book Day: Wings Over Witchend by Malcolm Saville

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A quick tribute to my favourite writer as a child on World Book Day. I once wrote of the appeal of Malcolm Saville's Lone Pine seri...
Friday, November 29, 2019

Higham Ferrers to lose its library

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I started showing my holiday snaps of Higham Ferrers with Chichele College and had planned to visit the town's church next. But th...
Saturday, May 04, 2019

St Barnabas - Leicester's other pork pie library

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Because it stands by a busy road junction, Leicester's 'Pork Pie Library' - Southfields Library - is well known. But the ...
Monday, January 07, 2019

Spending cuts are making life impossible for the poor in rural areas

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An extraordinary start to an article by Louise Tickle in today's Guardian: Twenty-four miles there and back is one hell of a hike ...
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Thursday, September 20, 2018

Pax et Lux: Long Eaton's Carnegie library

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You come across this striking library on the long walk from Long Eaton station to the town centre. The Carnegie Legacy in England will...
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