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I just found this in Angus Bethune Reach's (great name !) book. The Middleton chapter was transcribed by Stanley a while ago, and featured on the site. Then I found the full book can be bought on Abebooks for the usual price of a cup of coffee - so naturally it's on its way. :smile: " Teetotall...

Aah - the penny drops - must be a 'knurler' of some sort?

Just watched The Great British Sex Scandal on Channel 5. Lived through it of course - but had forgotten most of it. The behaviour of the main characters, Cecil Parkinson and Margaret Thatcher was deeply shocking. If any futher reasons never to vote Tory ever again are needed, (unlikely) I suggest yo...

Never heard of the Duke of Argyle thing. Insult to flea ridden Scots? :smile: I came across the word eschatology yesterday and of course had to Google it. The result took me to deep places indeed . "Christian eschatology looks to study and discuss matters such as death and the afterlife, Heaven...

Altruistic..... I think so David. Yes - you are quite right. "Showing a disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others; unselfish. "it was an entirely altruistic act" I thought it had to show a 'loss' to you as well as a 'gain' to someone else. I was wrong and stand ...

That tooks two coats of looking at.

The programme which followed Redeye is a travel thing thing with Martin Clunes. It's been on for two consecutive nights, and I like it. I Iike most things he is in except Doc Martin, who I feel should have been sectioned a long time ago. Last night he was in Micronesia. No me neither - but I should ...

Is anyone as concerned as I am at the visit to Kyev Ukraine yesterday by 'Sophie Wessex' ? I think this is prima facie involvement of the Royal Family in external politics. It's impossible to imagine the King himself going there at this time - leaving aside his current health problems -but she is ob...

I think I will discontinue this thread for now. The repetitive nature and the daily discipline of posting doesn't suit my character, and many of the 'clipps' are too long, and I doubt that many are reading them. At least The Kazi of Bukkur, Jam Nando (Nindo) and Makli Hill have had their moment in t...

The Scottish First Minister and leader of the SNP Humza Yusaf has resigned. Now might be a good time to anticipate the future and do your "due diligence" on the man who will probably take on the role after the General Elelection, when Labour almost inevitably become the largest party. What...

Problem when this sort of issue is raised is that it is assumed that there are just two arguments -for and against. In fact there is a very wide range of possible scenarios. It is unarguable that there are some who game the system, and do not deserve the benefit, however many do, and should get it. ...

Sargent was particularly drawn to society women, including Edwina Mountbatten He was by no means unique. . . :smile: Lady Mountbatten's daughter Pamela Hicks wrote a memoir in which she describes her mother as a 'man eater' and her mother's many lovers as a succession of "uncles" througho...

Just as they come from the list - this I find is from Dominic Lawson whose sister runs a TV cooking programme and his father wrote a best selling diet book. A wave of contagious obesity is, apparently, sweeping the country from top to (ever-expanding) bottom. Yesterday's Guardian declared that "...

Oh dear. . . very possibly. I was only partly paying attention, and it looked like a very hairy cat to me. I'm still amazed that any uncaged pet can be allowed on the aircraft though. My first thought was - where do they put the litter tray? :smile: PS Just checked up and found this - it really is a...

The Guardian -

The Home Office will launch a major operation to detain asylum seekers across the UK on Monday, weeks earlier than expected, in preparation for their deportation to Rwanda, Thursday's local elections, the Guardian can reveal.

After all that - I watched Redeye tonight. Fast and furious - and and Scott / Bailey (?) is in it. Must give it an award for the best plot line I've seen for a long time. I had to google to see if you were allowed to carry a cat on your lap as an aircraft passenger. I thought not - but amazingly, it...

Stanley wrote: ↑28 Apr 2024, 13:34 It is well known that our ‘Mothers’ Day’ is a modern invention,

Indeed - and even more so Fathers' day. Thanks America. . . .

Mothering Sunday however is quite a different matter.

There's a lot to it and it has become a mixrure of the religious and the commercial.

Well - the promised gift voucher has arrived, and is for a quite generous £10 spendable at a choice of retailer which includes my usuals - Tesco and Aldi. So far so good - but I need to start the redemption process, by photographing a QR code and signing up with a gift voucher company. As far as I c...

In the wee hours this morning I half heard a news item on the radio. "The Met office have said that April (which still has three days to run) was composed of two halves. The first half was mild and the second half was colder. The average however showed that the month as a whole was "warmer...

After and as a result of this post I have been informed of a website which covers the action in which my step grandfather perished. I have some letters written pencil, from him to his wife. I copied them once but the file has disappeared, I might even have put them on here a long time ago. I might r...

Site still intermittent to me this mornng. Trigger warning. This is posted with some reservation, but posted for reasons of inclusiveness - it's next on the list. Giles Coren overcomes his cripplingly massive low self esteem issues and bravely says - 'Nosh', as I'm sure you fluent Yiddish speakers k...

Demonstrates the duplicitous self serving nature of these MP's. We thus have "Shrodingers residence" where a property can be simultaneously a 'principle residence' and not a 'principle residence' . Guess who makes the rules that make this nonsense possble. Oh yes - it's the MP's that benef...

You were all meant to spot that it was ironic, and 'tongue in cheek' - except for the chicken and veg bit which was just pure mischief. In actual fact, it's not far away from what actually happens in reality.

This dates from 2009, and is just the next one from the list but considering the ongoing Angela Rayner saga It's incredibly timely. :smile: The Chipmunk bites back Roy Hattersley last night savaged Hazel Blears for avoiding paying capital gains tax. "Its inconsistent to be a member of the Labou...

I have Ewan McColl's autobiography. It's from a book club and is a scholarly tome of 375 small type pages. Published by Manchester University Press. I've been a fan of his Radio Ballads - especially The Ballad of John Axon - for more years than I wish to count.(At least 60 years.) I have it on an LP...