Thursday, October 12, 2023

I, Claudius: Brian Blessed, Siân Phillips and Derek Jacobi reunited

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This reunion was filmed three years ago for Mary Beard's Inside Culture programme.
Wednesday, October 11, 2023

The Joy of Six 1169

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Matthew Pennell explains where HS2 went wrong: "his is the hallmark of populism - a complete failure to deliver, a lot of posturing an...

The Bell at East Langton will reopen on Friday

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At last some good news. The Leicester Mercury reports: A pub in an idyllic village near Market Harborough which shut during the pandemic is...
Tuesday, October 10, 2023

Whitechapel: Where the Overground is under the Underground

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Jago Hazzard untangles the history of the railways of this corner of London. And there's a great first comment below the video on YouTub...

New role for Brian Paddick - and a note on his family history

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[ Later . In fact Brian has been appointed as a non-executive director of the Met. The official press release is online.] Lib Dem Voice re...
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Monday, October 09, 2023

Welly Telly: When Wellingborough had its own television station

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Curious British Telly had a post a couple of days ago on The Curious Tale of Bristol Channel , and that has led me to the blog Prodge's ...
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Drunk man arrested with axe down trousers 'had no idea where it came from'

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Honestly, it could happen to anyone, as the judges remarked. The Leicester Mercury wins our Headline of the Day Award.
Sunday, October 08, 2023

The Joy of Six 1168

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Andrew Page thinks the media be overestimating the importance of Labour's victory in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election. ...

Genesis: Your Own Special Way

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To a poor boy from the backstreets of Market Harborough who relied on Radio Luxemburg and Radio One for his music, Genesis's I Know What...
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Saturday, October 07, 2023

Malcolm Saville on Children's Hour: More about Elaine Macnamara, the second Dickie Morton

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A thousand thanks to the reader who left a commen t directing me to a Radio Who's Who for 1947 and the entry for Elaine Macnamara, the a...
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Friday, October 06, 2023

The Comic Strip Presents: A 41st anniversary celebration

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A 41st anniversary is a milestone for any comedy troupe. Here actors from The Comic Strip Presents - Peter Richardson, Nigel Wallace, Alexei...
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Mirror publishes list of 14 seats where Labour supporters can help defeat the Tories by voting Lib Dem

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From today's Mirror : The Compass campaign group has published details of 14 constituencies where the Lib Dems are best placed to topple...

Researchers baffled as tuna spotted doing 70mph on the M5

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This fishy story wins Plymouth Live our Headline of the Day Award. Well done, everybody.

Another traveller has found a portal to the Bonkers Hall Estate

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Embed from Getty Images An issue of Fortean Times generally provides something of interest for this blog. And the November one has hit the j...
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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...

The New Statesman goes to the Liberal Democrat conference

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Fiona was busy, so the New Statesman sent Freddie to see the Liberal Democrats meet in Bournemouth. This is what he found. It's not deep...
Wednesday, October 04, 2023

John Rogers, Coldrum Long Barrow and the lost village of Dode

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From the blurb on YouTube - note the hint of A Canterbury Tale: Our walk starts at Halling Station and proceeds through Upper Halling, over ...

Brexit ultras waged campaign against the science journal Nature over covid vaccines

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Computer Weekly has published a long and extraordinary story by Duncan Campbell, Bill Goodwin and Guy Taylor: One of the world’s most prest...
Tuesday, October 03, 2023

The three Dickies: More about Malcolm Saville on Children's Hour

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We've seen that the third actor to play Malcolm Saville's child character (and my first literary hero) Dickie Morton was tried for m...
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The Joy of Six 1166

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"If the introduction of proportional representation is a Lib Dem red line, then the party needs to work out now how it would secure the...