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Sunday, May 19, 2024
Have you ever considered the most common themes that people post on Facebook (AKS Faecesbook)? Well now instead of rolling one's eye we can play Facebook bingo. Just keep tabs on the following, or even make your own. Roll up! Roll up! Weekly or perhaps daily fun for all the...
Following the viewing of the wonderful film One Life, starring Anthony Hopkins, about the great man Sir Nicholas Winton, we decided to delve more into the life of a hero of our time. Sir Nicholas Winton, an unsung hero of the 20th century, left an indelible mark on the pages...
I had intended this week to add my own thoughts to the Jermey Paxman inspired debate about to whom poets are actually speaking with their work. However, having just heard of the sad death at 56 of Rik Mayall my thoughts have lurched towards his grotesque caricature of a...
Dune 1 Reviewed Imagine for a moment that, in an alternative universe, the Saudis invaded Britain in 2003 to overthrow some local dictators who had stopped obeying their orders. The Saudis are successful, at first, and try to grab what remains of our North Sea oil, but then have to...
Zach Galifianakis, a comedic maestro draped in the cloak of absurdity, has etched an unforgettable imprint on the entertainment landscape. Born on October 1, 1969, in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, Zachary Knight Galifianakis was destined for a life that would fuse surreal humour with genuine emotion, captivating audiences with his...
(note this review contains spoilers) There has been a lot of carping by reviewers about alleged historical inaccuracies in Ridley Scott's latest film Napoleon with one writer, Simon Scarrow, claiming it was ‘the worst film’ he had seen in the last few years and that it had left him ‘gasping...
Possibly not for young children, but definitely for older people who love to be entertained by children's stories. Over to the wonderful Christopher Walken. What is the moral of 3 Little Pigs? The moral of The Three Little Pigs is that patience and hard effort pay off in the end. However, the secret...
Jack Hargreaves OBE (31 Dec 1911-15 Mar 1994) was an author and TV presenter, whose enduring interest was to comment on growing distortions in relations between the city and the countryside, via the weekly programme 'Out of Town' on Southern Television, following the success of his 1959 debut with the...
“Lord Nelson! Lord Beaverbrook! Sir Winston Churchill! Sir Anthony Eden! Clement Attlee! Henry Cooper! Lady Diana! Maggie Thatcher - can you hear me, Maggie Thatcher! Your boys took one hell of a beating! Your boys took one hell of a beating!” When Norway beat England in a World Cup qualifier...
During the years 1949-1964 there was a growing realisation, confirmed by results from experiments conducted by Porton Down scientists, that a large area of the UK could be contaminated with simulated biological warfare agents by a single ship or aircraft. Experiments using the BW simulant, Zinc Cadmium sulphide, had...