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22nd November 1963

A week away from the fiftieth anniversary of the violent end of US President John F. Kennedy’s life in Dallas, we are currently in the middle of a snowstorm of media pieces commemorating the event – and indeed reheated airings of the various conspiracy theories that first began circulating [...]

November 16, 2013 // 0 Comments

REMEMBRANCE DAY

If you asked me how many people from the UK died during World War Two I would have guessed it was 2 million. So I was surprised to learn that of the 55 million that perished in the conflict the number of Britons was 480,000. This does not compare with the Soviet Union that lost 20m or Japan 2 [...]

November 10, 2013 // 1 Comment

SOME YOU WIN, SOME YOU LOSE

Even if you hold to the view that politicians – like snake oil salesmen – should be mistrusted on sight, it is an inescapable fact that some of them possess an affable charisma which prompts the public to respond favourably. Forget the policies, it’s all to do with how they come across. [...]

November 6, 2013 // 0 Comments

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England v Sri Lanka : bad light , bad decision

September 7, 2024 // 0 Comments

Fact: 44 overs were lost at the Oval yesterday because of bad light. Fact: ticket price for the Oval= £ 80. You might have thought with floodlights , a pink ball and a [...]
Classic Movies/Sky Arts

September 6, 2024 // 0 Comments

This series, presented by Ian Nathan, has returned. No Dr Bonnie Greer, but instead a young American critic and film historian Christina Newland. Neil Norman is also a [...]
Sharks reach finals day

September 5, 2024 // 0 Comments

Sussex Sharks made easy work of beating Lancashire Lightning to reach the final. Lancashire Lightning could not call upon Jos Buttler but still fielded T20 regulars Phil Salt [...]
The Third Man

September 4, 2024 // 0 Comments

The 75th anniversary of the launch of the classic movie The Third Man is being celebrated this month with a re-showing. What made this Alexander Korda/David Selznick [...]
Fulham programmes over the years

September 3, 2024 // 0 Comments

Over the past few weeks I have been clearing out my garage. In one corner is my collection of Fulham programmes over my years of support, nearly 55 now. These were exactly [...]