Showing posts with label William Blake. Show all posts
Showing posts with label William Blake. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 24, 2025

Merry Christmas to all our readers

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Little lamb, who made thee? Dost thou know who made thee, Gave thee life, and bid thee feed By the stream and o'er the mead; Gave thee c...
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Wednesday, November 12, 2025

The Joy of Six 1434

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GB News's new show broadcast live from the US features non-stop praise for Donald Trump and the channel’s co-owner Paul Marshall begging...
Thursday, July 03, 2025

The Joy of Six 1380

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"Since the Truss debacle, the UK has had to pay a substantial premium over other G7 countries to borrow in the bond markets. In other w...
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Tuesday, February 20, 2024

The Joy of Six 1205

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"The rule of law is being eroded because parliament is weak. The Executive is able to ride roughshod over political processes because l...
Tuesday, July 04, 2023

The Joy of Six 1142

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"There’s been a fair bit of discussion about Lib Dem housing policies and our record recently. It’s become obvious to me that many memb...
Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Thomas Hardy had nothing to do with The Hardy Tree and its legend dates from the late 20th century

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When The Hardy Tree in Old St Pancras churchyard came down last December, I dutifully repeated its accepted history: When the Midland Railw...
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Friday, November 18, 2022

Walking London’s Civil War defences in Islington with John Rogers

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From the blurb on YouTube Waterfield Fort was at the top of St John's Street, exactly where Spa Green Estate stands today, linked eastwa...
Monday, January 24, 2022

Walking the secret alignments of London with John Rogers

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A walk linking Bunhill Fields, Bunhill Row, Old Street, St Luke's and City Road. It takes in the burial places of William Blake and Dan...
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Friday, November 27, 2020

The spooky background of Boris Johnson's new chief of staff

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The Guardian reports today: Boris Johnson has appointed Dan Rosenfield, a relatively little-known former Treasury official and banker, to b...
Friday, September 11, 2020

Six of the Best 958

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"I will never forget the relentless anxiety of living hand to mouth. When you're in that position, you go through every possible em...
Saturday, November 02, 2019

Six of the Best 891

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"Conservatives are at their best when they are terrified. The fear of losing everything persuades them to give ground on some things,...
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Wednesday, August 21, 2019

From Waterloo to Putney

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Time for another walk with John Rogers. This time he takes us along the Thames Path from Waterloo to Putney. You can continue the walk t...
Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Iain Sinclair on William Blake's radicalism

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Iain Sinclair explores the historical background to William Blake's radical writings. This video was filmed at Vauxhall in 2014.
Thursday, December 12, 2013

Six of the Best 405

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The Liberal Democrats are unpopular, but things can change argues Neil Monnery : "Labour now lead the polls just ten years after goin...
Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Six of the Best 364

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Roger Williams MP, in an article on Liberal Democrat Voice , calls for urgent action to save Britain's bees. He is right [though you m...