Sunday, December 16, 2018

John Pardoe on Desert Island Discs in 1976

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As Verdi and Aslan proved popular, here is their owner's appearance on Desert Island Discs . John Pardoe was the Liberal Party...

Blakey wrote the screenplay for Sparrows Can't Sing

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Taking Pictures TV, my favourite television channel, is showing this British film tonight, starting at 7.10. One point of interest is...

The Hellions: Think It Over

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Time for a bit of Traffic prehistory. The Hellions were a Worcester group whose members included both Dave Mason and Jim Capaldi, as wel...
Saturday, December 15, 2018

Six of the Best 837

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"Margaret Wintringham was elected in a by election in September 1921, succeeding her deceased husband in the Louth constituency of Li...

If Labour backs Brexit it will fall behind the Lib Dems

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There's a remarkable story on The Times website this evening, reporting the findings of a new opinion poll on Brexit : The YouGov ...

The Zombies to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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After three unsuccessful nominations, The Zombies are one of the acts to be elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame after polls of musi...
Friday, December 14, 2018

Market Harborough station in the early 1980s

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Work to straighten the track through Market Harborough station continues. Here is a photograph of the station back in the early 1980s. ...

Michael Brooke: The later career of the first owner of The Magnet

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This clip comes from the 1950 Ealing comedy The Magnet, which is of most interest today because its star grew up to be James Fox. I last...
Thursday, December 13, 2018

Marion Thorpe wins Television Dialogue of the Year

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Embed from Getty Images Here she is, as acted by Monica Dolan and written by Russell T. Davies, in A Very English Scandal: "Jeremy,...

Six of the Best 836

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"What is clear is that Theresa May’s deal is dead. What is not clear is whether any deal exists that can pass through parliament....

Daniel Hannan's group told to repay €535,000 of EU funds

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Now here's a thing: A European conservative group co-founded by the Tories and led by Brexit campaigner and MEP Daniel Hannan has be...
Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Why is there something rather than nothing at all?

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Time for a bit of philosophy. This lecture touches on the distinction between prescriptive laws (like the law of the land) and descripti...
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The East Midlands Ambulance Service is spending millions on private ambulances

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Embed from Getty Images My old friend Phil Knowles, leader of the Liberal Democrat on Harborough District Council, tells me that the East ...

Cambridgeshire Santa 'swore in front of children and ripped off hat and beard'

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Embed from Getty Images Well done to Cambridgeshire Live . In case any children are reading this, there is of course only one Father Chr...
Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Deadly Derek Underwood

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The new greatest English spinners of my cricketing lifetime are Graeme Swann and Derek Underwood. Here is Underwood in action - firstly ...

Little Bowden level crossing in the early 1980s

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The Harborough Mail reports: There’s been another hold-up with the long-awaited footbridge over the main railway line at Little Bowden...
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Monday, December 10, 2018

The Shrewsbury to Ludlow Railway part 2

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As promised, here is the second and final part of this video - you can watch part 1 here. Marshbrook is the Onnybrook of Malcolm Savil...

Spare a thought for Stephen Lloyd

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Embed from Getty Images Last week Stephen Lloyd resigned the Liberal Democrat whip so he could vote in favour of Theresa May's Brexit...
Sunday, December 09, 2018

Cohen's railway scrapyard near Kettering

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Embed from Getty Images Cohen's scrapyard at Cransley was located on the former Midland Railway's ironstone branch from Kettering ...

Hefner: I Took Her Love for Granted

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Championed by John Peel, Hefner were a British indie band who flourished at the end of the last century. I Took Her Love for Granted rea...