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Showing posts with label london. Show all posts
Wednesday, 31 January 2024

Positives for a Free Scotland II

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Recently I’ve had a health issue, and had to have various procedures and scans to access the problem and now another wait. Then a pre-op. As...
Monday, 30 October 2023

Our Cultural Capital: Share it out! Bryan Appleyard Times

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We must question why London gets by miles the biggest investment – sucking from the rest of the country Residents of Country Durham paid £34...
Sunday, 29 October 2023

Union with David Olusoga BBC Review

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  While Olisoga is an informed historian, and consulted many experts and this is a highly watchable  if it times biased program. However he ...
Sunday, 11 September 2022

Oliver Bullough on Dirty Russian money at Edinburgh book festival 2022

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Oliver Bullough spoke on Dirty Russian money with Ian Rankin at Edinburgh book festival 2022, ad his new book Butler to the World. In the 19...
Tuesday, 30 March 2021

Thatcher’s Deregulations and the dangerous cladding

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Thatcher stopped independent "Building safety" and "Material certification" as she believed in a reckless free for all c...
Sunday, 29 September 2019

Is Scotland Ready?

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Irish Times writer Fintan O’Toole  is an excellent, creative thinker and I enjoyed his essays, in the Sunday National. He writes that we ...
Friday, 16 June 2017

Grenfell Tower Fire!

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This burnt out blackened building is a ‘metaphor’ for the Tories failed policies. This disaster is beyond comprehension. Unforgivab...
Wednesday, 12 December 2012

Emeli Sande at Royal Albert Hall

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Some days are ordinary grey days, but yesterday was an extraordinary day. There was a glorious blue sky and those small fluffy ...
Monday, 26 November 2012

Wasted Love

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Award winning Fringe musical for Best Lyrics – Wasted Love was written by the Kielty brothers John and Gerry. The show was performed...
Thursday, 15 November 2012

Frank Sinatra Royal Albert Hall

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  Frank Sinatra by David Redfern Royal Albert Hall 1980. Wow. http://www.royalalberthall.com/david-redfern/  
Sunday, 16 September 2012

London Music

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I look through NME 2012 ( or Q also) and I am so bored of the music coming out from the London labels these days – the predictable rock ba...
Monday, 25 June 2012

Lana Del Rey 'National Anthem' Video

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Lana has released artwork for her forthcoming video for her single   National Anthem.   She has a very unique style and she likes her musi...

Lana Del Rey wows crowd at Hackney Weekend!

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It is good to see Lana is now performing with scaled back stings and piano rather than the out-of-step rock band that backed her on her Sa...
Friday, 21 October 2011

Songwriters Circle BBC 4

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October 7 th - Leon Russell, Nick Lowe, Paul Brady. October 14th – Donovan, Buffy St.Marie, Roger Cooke. October 21 st – Neil Finn, Jani...
Sunday, 19 June 2011

James Blake at the Oran Mor Glasgow 2nd June 2011

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'Unexpected Journeys' Twenty-two-year old Blake performed his electronic dubstep piano tunes at the Oran Mor venue to an...
Friday, 13 May 2011

GREAT Headlines! It has been a week of stupendous headlines!

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A Disney fairytale week! First the 'beautiful princess' Kate Middleton in a dress of ivory lace married her 'handsome prince...
Monday, 2 May 2011

**Producer George Martin: Known as 'The Fifth Beatle'

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**'Arena: Produced by George Martin'  BBC 2 Monday25th - Awesome. A Legend.  http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/arena I highly r...