Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Mike Brearley on the demon bowler Geoff Boycott

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Geoff Boycott bowling at the death in a world cup match? It really did happen. I once blogged my memories of the occasion - I was ther...
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Arts Fresco to be held on 15 September

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Good news from Harborough FM , which is the best source of local news these days. Arts Fresco, Market Harborough's street theatre f...

Tory MP to "spend summer" deciding whether to join the Lib Dems

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Embed from Getty Images Sky News says Philip Lee, the Conservative MP for Bracknell, was asked on an unnamed podcast whether he could qui...
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Tuesday, July 30, 2019

The former Church of Christ, Dashwood Road, Leicester

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Now the  Muslim Khatri Association Community Centre , this building is described by Leicester's 2016 Local Heritage Asset Register a...

Six of the Best 878

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Delivering Focus is good for the brain and cheaper than gym membership, argues Geoff Reid . Alex Marshall rediscovers Boris Johnson...
Sunday, July 28, 2019

Over Sea, Under Stone was dramatised in 1969

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Yesterday I tweeted a list of television programmes that only I seem to remember: Television programmes I remember that no one else do...
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Rolling Stones: Paint It Black

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With great grandfather Sir Mick Jagger celebrating his 76th birthday this week, it's time for another Stones track.
Saturday, July 27, 2019

Two Leicester exhibitions: Ladybird Books and the Imperial Typewriters strike

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I braved the rain and went into Leicester today to visit two exhibitions. The first was The Wonderful World of the Ladybird Book Art...

A by-election in Sheffield Hallam?

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This afternoon the Sheffield Star claimed an exclusive with the news that Jared O'Mara will resign as MP for Sheffield Hallam within...
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Friday, July 26, 2019

Little-known Leicestershire and Rutland 3: Holy wells

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The third and final Bob Trubshaw video on little-known Leicestershire and Rutland covers holy wells. Below is my own photo of the well a...

Bryan Magee (1930-2019)

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Bryan Magee died today at the age of 89. He sat as Labour and then SDP MP for Leyton between 1974 and 1983 - he was one of the last Labo...
Thursday, July 25, 2019

Burton Overy in the springtime

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I blogged about Burton Overy after the GPO in the spring of 2015. Here are some more of the photographs I took that day. You can read ...
Tuesday, July 23, 2019

Do listen now to Don't Look Now

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The latest podcast from The Evolution of Horror is on Nicolas Roeg's 1973 masterpiece Don't Look Now. It's so good it just...

Boris Johnson? Blame Have I Got News for You and Ian Hislop

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Embed from Getty Images It's too hot to write, but I can't let the accession of Boris Johnson pass without saying it is all the fa...
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Monday, July 22, 2019

Derby Friargate to Nottingham Victoria

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This is a great piece of film, showing the Great Northern's route from Derby to Nottingham in its last days. The line closed to pass...

Congratulations to Jo Swinson

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Embed from Getty Images So it was a one-horse race after all. Jo Swinson has won the Liberal Democrats' leadership election, pol...
Sunday, July 21, 2019

Six of the Best 877

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Layla Moran writes for the Guardian: "Genuine supporters of Palestinians’ rights are fighting for equality, justice and freedom, aim...

Market Harborough is the most liveable place in England

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Market Harborough comes out top of a league table of the most 'liveable' places in England, reports the Guardian . The table wa...

The Edge: A film on England's cricket dominance and the toll it took

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Mike McCahill's Guardian review makes me want to see The Edge : The Edge’s second half provides an unexpected analysis of the cost F...

Spencer Davis Group: Time Seller

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This was the Spencer Davis Group's first single after the Winwood brothers left. They were replaced by the guitarist Phil Sawyer and...