Regular readers will know that I am an enthusiastic traveller. Trains, planes and buses are one of my passions although, whilst I'm probably more knowledgeable than most about the machines that convey me, they are the means to an end, rather than the focus of attention. No, it's about the journey, the idle glance out of the window, the sense of being somewhere new, or interesting or, preferably, both. I've been to a lot of places as a result - not as many as some, but enough.I kind of blame one person for this, a former International Officer of the ...
This post first appeared on the RADIXUK blog... What does a sceptical liberal do about great conspiracy theories like QAnon, the bizarre Republican party idea that Donald Trump is leading resistance to cabal of satanic paedophiles who have taken over the US government, led by his last presidential opponent Hilary Clinton? I agree with Ben Rich last week - both that American politics seems to have descended into an abyss where facts no longer matter, compared to competing narratives, and that Gabriel Gatehouse's BBC series is absolutely compelling on the subject. Gatehouse dates the QAnon story to the death of ...
I'd been wondering where the very, very long-running saga regarding the oft-talked about reorganisation local government in the County of Lancashire had got to and then picked up on Jim Hancock's latest blog article which I link below (look for Lancashire Devolution):- www.jimhancock.co.uk/hancocks-half-page/ I thought the argument about keeping all of the district councils plus a county council had been settled (or is that an imposed settlement) in that like many other areas of England the councils would all be unitary. But it seems that some folk still want to retain the old two-tier council arrangement, 3-tier if you included, ...
Current The Dark Forest, by Cixin Liu Scream of the Shalka, by Paul Cornell Breasts and Eggs, by Mieko Kawakami Neuromancer, by William Gibson Last books finished The Wandering Scholars, by Helen Waddell The Doctor - his Life and Times, by James Goss and Steve Tribe The Three Body Problem, by Cixin Liu Neither Unionist nor Nationalist: The 10th (Irish) Division in the Great War by Stephen Sandford "Bloodchild", by Octavia E. Butler The God Complex, by Paul Driscoll Why I Write, by George Orwell "Press Enter ◼️", by John Varley Next books Indigo, by Clemens J. Setz High Fidelity, ...
Crash won the Oscar for Best Picture of 2005, and two others, Best Original Screenplay and Best Film Editing, losing in another three. Three is a rather low tally of Oscars for a Best Picture winner, and three other films also won three Oscars that year, Brokeback Mountain, King Kong and Memoirs of a Geisha. The Hugo and Nebula that year both went to Serenity. As mentioned last time, IMDB counts Crash as a 2004 rather than 2005 film; users rate it 16th on one ranking and 40th on the other for that year. The other 2005 Best Picture nominees ...
So, the Police have been called in to examine the claims by a senior Tory MP that MPs are being systematically blackmailed to ensure that they support the Government in votes in the House of Commons. Let's be clear this ... Continue reading →
The blizzard of alleged lies and tales of blackmail emanating from 10 Downing Street is truly disturbing. But they obscure even more alarming policy shifts which threaten longer-lasting effects than any fall-out from partygate. Nearly the top of the list of the partially-buried problems are the threats to free speech, a free press, freedom of assembly and the freedom to protest. Britain and America have led the way in establishing and protecting those rights. They insisted that they were written into the UN Charter and Germany's post-war Basic Law and their example has inspired others around the world. Now both ...
Fri, 12:10: RT @cher: Had So Much Fun With Meatloaf When We Did "Dead Ringer". Am Very Sorry For His Family,Friends,& Fans. Am I imagining It, or Are... Fri, 12:13: Meat Loaf as the Spice Girls' bus driver in Spice World. (And Richard E. Grant as their agent.) https://t.co/v8E5Ot6n3X Fri, 12:30: RT @BrusselsTimes: Flanders, where 75% of adults and 61% of the total population has received a booster dose, is currently the fastest vacc... Fri, 18:36: Peter Davison's Book of Alien Monsters and Peter Davison's Book of Alien Planets https://t.co/tyxt9HPRTr
You work hard at your ab crunches, watch what you eat and pride yourself on being able to wear a tight fitting dress without a midriff bulge. You pride yourself on your slim silhouette and fitness regime but, one day, you wake up and notice belly fat around your middle. I am indulging in some ... The post Where did that belly fat come from? appeared first on A Midlifer in London .
Details of Harris Education and Recreation Association's Spring 2022 courses are now available at : www.facebook.com/HERAdundee/posts/4763070563776661 There are eight new online evening classes available : * Italian* Spanish* American History* Drawing & Painting* Crochet* Art and Literature Inspired by The Bible* French* How Genetic Engineering and Immunology affect your life The HERA website is at https://heradundee.org. HERA is a superb West End local organisation with a great group of volunteers. The classes are excellent so please give HERA your support!
The Independent reports that huge lorry queues building up at the Port of Dover have been blamed "entirely" on extra controls which have come into force from Brexit, with port chiefs urging the UK government to hold talks with the EU on ways to ease further checks set to come in later in 2022 which could cause "disastrous" disruption to trade: One courier told The Independent he had been caught up in queues of up to 15km (9 miles) since full customs controls came into force at the beginning of January. The British haulier said it was taking 15 to ...
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