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Our Children’s Education, We all Know Best!
There was a huge debate on the radio yesterday about the British education system which, as many of you will have experienced, is a great way to fall out with friends and family with regards to what is best for our children. I will state straight away that if we are to create the fair society that various governments claim they are clamouring for, then every child ...
Jean Alexander (Hilda Ogden) and Russian Aircraft!
I was very surprised to her of the death of Jean Alexander (who played Hilda Ogden in Coronation Street) at the weekend, not because of her age (90) but the fact that she has been added to my growing list of people who have died when I thought they were already long dead. Alexander left 'Corrie' in 1987 (about the time I had her certified dead) but apparently went ...
I Don’t Want to Change the World, I’m Not Looking For an Old England!
I found it quite conceited that us Brits were scoffing at the debacle unfolding between the 'Tangerine Fuhrer' and the 'Corporate Whore' in the presidential battle across the pond when all the while, we nearly missed the delightful Amber Rudd reciting her 2016 version Mein Kampf at the recent Conservative Party Conference. Fortunately, Rudd's speech did get ...
The Maturing of Old Musicians!
I got chatting to a couple of chaps earlier this evening (one a school friend who I haven't spoken to since about 1984) about the band The Jam and how they split up when they were very young and so on. Of course, one went on to be a megastar (Paul Weller) another did okay (Bruce Foxton) whilst the other faded into obscurity, proving that drummers are easy to come ...
Clever Conservatives Pounce on UKIP Territory!
What a bizarre week it has been once again in British politics. The Conservatives have opted for 'I'm right hard me, Brexit' as well as being socialists and fascists on the same day, whilst UKIP, who suddenly have no purpose, have been punching each other into hospital and a European hospital at that. When I heard Theresa May's conference speech, I initially ...