I've been looking at the contemporary reviews of A Canterbury Tale and it's fair to say they are not enthusiastic. But the Faversham News and East Kent Journal has a nice account of the film's premiere, which took place in the city: The Friars Theatre, Canterbury, was crowded out on Thursday afternoon, lasr week, when the new film "A Canterbury Tale" had its first showing. Incidentally, the occasion was a historic one in the film industry, for it was the first time a world premiere had been given in a provincial theatre. Music was played by the Band of The ...
New fears shellfish could be contaminated by sewage dumps as over 200,000 hours of sewage is pumped into their habitat The worst offenders are South West Water and Southern Water Tim Farron slams lack of action from the Government: "Why aren't Government Ministers listening to the public on this? They are ignoring the country's outrage at this scandal." Analysis by the Liberal Democrats has found sewage was dumped into waters containing shellfish a staggering 29,000 times last year. The party has raised fears this could be taking place again this summer. This equates to 207,013 hours worth of sewage in ...
Gaelic psalm singing is a wonderful relic of a pre-literature culture. The precentor calls out the line, which the congregation then sings back to him. Frances Wilkins, writing for The Conversation today, says: Fifty years ago, Gaelic psalmody was a soundscape to a way of life in the Presbyterian Hebridean communities and the only form of musical worship heard in churches. In those days, churches were filled with hundreds of people gathered to take part in this singing tradition. But today: This singing, in its traditional context, has become critically endangered. Today, Gaelic services are few and far between in ...
I have recently listened to a very inspiring talk by Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, about "Faith in Conflicted World". It is interesting and challenging in a lot of ways. Bishop Welby talks about reconciliation, managed and unmanaged conflict, divisions and polarization in today's world. Although in his talk, Justin Welby defines the conflict in a number of different ways, for me his talk was a sad reminder that it has been 178 days since the war in Ukraine started. As of Sunday, 21st August, it is exactly 5 months and 28 days since the war in Ukraine broke ...
Mon 22nd
12:05
If business is to take more interest in the Liberal Democrats, isn't it time to develop our response...
The business sections of newspapers often take a different angle on British politics than their earlier pages. While Matt Chorley was promoting Ed Davey in Saturday's Times in order to make fun of Keir Starmer, Ian King, the business editor of Sky News, was writing about why business representatives and corporate lobbyists should be taking the Liberal Democrats more seriously, and making contact with party policy-makers. He suggests that larger numbers of them will be coming to the Brighton conference, since opinion polls persist in suggesting that the next election will not produce a majority for any single party, leaving ...
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The latest edition of my weekly political polling round-up, The Week in Polls, is now out. As it says: A newly published study asked both politicians and random citizens in four countries to estimate public opinion on salient issues. The verdict? Find out by reading The Week in Polls in full here, and you can sign up here to receive future editions direct to your email inbox:
We are expecting an announcement by OFCOM at the end of this week that could raise the energy price cap to £3,600 in October, and still there is no sign of any government intervention. The Independent reports that the energy price cap could effectively triple by April with bills rocketing to £6,000, and although the Business Secretary is planning a clampdown on excessive profits by solar and wind firms, calls for the increase in the cap to be stopped appear to be falling on deaf ears. We are approaching crisis point for many families, with the majority struggling to pay ...
Eyebrow raising statistics dug up by the Liberal Democrats in The Independent: Monitors being used for measuring the amount of sewage being pumped into the sea across the UK are faulty or not even installed, the Liberal Democrats have said... Event Duration Monitors (EDMs) ... measure the number and length of sewage dumps from storm overflows... [But] the party found that 1,802 monitors installed by water companies across the UK did not work for at least 90% of the time, while there were no monitors installed during 1,717 storm overflows. In total, 24% of sewage discharges went unmonitored last year, ...
Mon 22nd
07:45Verily, welcome to my day: 22 August 2022 - "with much ado at length have gotten leave"*
Language evolves, as any fule kno It's funny how often, if someone doesn't like an argument, or if the subject matter is too complex for them to understand, they revert to petty kibitzing in order to "put down" the holder of a view they can't easily refute. As Statler and Waldorf so eruditely put it; Why haven't we retired from heckling? Well, if you love what you do, you never work a day in your life - and there's nothing we love more than haranguing, pestering, badgering, and taunting! Everything else, we can't stand! — Statler and Waldorf (@StatlerWaldorf) July ...
DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL - WEEKLY ROAD REPORT REPORT FOR WEST END WARD - WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 22 AUGUST 2022 Miller's Wynd - closed at its junction with Hawkhill for major construction works. Start date Monday 27 June for 6 months. South Tay Street - 2-way temporary traffic lights from Monday 22 August for one week for footway resurfacing. Hillcrest Road - closed at No 23 until 20 September for redevelopment works on existing house. Closures will be intermittent and each should last no more than several days. Perth Road/Invergowrie Drive - drop kerbs on either side of junction from Monday ...
