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Every morning the BBC News web site has images of the front pages of that day's British newspapers. It's especially worth looking at them today to see how they treat the news of the Duke's death. Lots of full page images... LINK
Nullius in verba: On the word of no one (Motto of the Royal Society)
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I thought I would watch the ITV 1 life review - I think it was recycled mostly from one they had done on one of his birthday or marriage anniversaries. But I had not noticed he was of Danish descent - though the later ITV News (think it was them) , went a bit wrong when they said he was not of Greek heritage - In fact he was born in Greece , so I think that might do enough, given that Greece itself in the modern era was a pull apart from the collapsed Ottoman empire.
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The general consensus of those who follow these things seems to be that he is 7/8th Danish, 1/8th, German, 0 Greek.
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Did he apply for an EU passport on Brexit ?
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Baroness Shirley Williams https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-56720985
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I learn that my lovely neighbour 'The Poet' will shortly be laid to rest here. Farlam Church.
Looks idyllic - literally. (pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity).
It was her choice - she chose well.
Looks idyllic - literally. (pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity).
It was her choice - she chose well.
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Beautiful...
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See THIS BBC report of the death of Bernie Madoff in Prison aged 82. He was gaoled in 2009 for the biggest financial fraud in US history.
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The floggings will continue until morale improves!
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"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
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Helen Mcrory, aunt Polly in Peaky Blinders.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-56770593
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-56770593
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Sorry - never heard of her, probably because I still refuse to make any connection whatever with a programme whose name refers to putting a sharp object in your cap peak, and blinding people with it. Looks like I'm on my own though. . .
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Looks like I'm on my own though. . ."
No you're not David I am right there with you. I have never watched the programme largely because I saw the originals in Glasgow and Liverpool and saw the results, some of the worst injuries I have come across in a long and eventful life. The very name, 'Peaky Blinders' seems to trivialise what was so savage. Funny thing was that some saw the facial scars as badges of honour, rather like the Prussian duelling scars.
No you're not David I am right there with you. I have never watched the programme largely because I saw the originals in Glasgow and Liverpool and saw the results, some of the worst injuries I have come across in a long and eventful life. The very name, 'Peaky Blinders' seems to trivialise what was so savage. Funny thing was that some saw the facial scars as badges of honour, rather like the Prussian duelling scars.
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I've never watched it either. Its not just the violence, something about Cillian Murphy gives me the creeps.
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Never heard of him ( her? ) either. I'll survive. . . .
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Cillian Murphy and Tom Hardy are Two of Sally's equivalent that George Clooney is to some. Double bonus for her as they are both in the series, Cillian as the main man Tommy and Tom as Alfie Solomans both excellent at their roles. I'm wondering how the story line will handle Aunt Polly's storyline. Last series it was stacking up to potentially have her as a lead in the ongoing saga, now firmly in the realms of British politics rather than the gang wars. Tommy has already thwarted Oswald Mosley in the last series.
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Helen Mcrory was also in the Harry Potter films but I digress. The 'Peaky Blinders' series is only loosely based on the Birmingham gang of the same name. It is violent in places but there are some good storylines.
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Jim Steinman has died.... See THIS BBC report. Loved his stuff particularly the Meatloaf lyrics.
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"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
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"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
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"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
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Bay City Rollers Les McKeown.
https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/7 ... e-aged-65/
https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/7 ... e-aged-65/
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Back in the late 70s, early 80s the Bay City Rollers had a large farmhouse just off the A70 (The Lang Whang) close to where we lived in West Lothian. The wild parties were legendary, ( so I was told...)
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I look my best in Oxford Bags. ☺ Never a fan, but their hits take me straight back to when I had just moved in with Col during the summer of 1975 and I was decorating our room with a coffee coloured paint listening to the radio. We only had a room in a shared house, a mattress on the floor and a cheap duvet and bedding bought on Chester Market. All brought back with Bye Bye Baby....