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TweetWe’ve just finished watching Goodbye Granadaland introduced by Peter Kay. I thoroughly recommend it – on ITV Player here. What an astonishing history of TV programme making that building has! Granada put us up in Manchester’s prestigious Midland Hotel when … Continue reading →

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TweetFrom ABC news, here’s the transcript of the controversial section of a cent interview between Australian PM Julia Gillard and Howard Sattler, now ex-presenter on Perth’s 6PR radio station: HOWARD SATTLER: Myths, rumours, snide jokes and innuendoes, you’ve been the … Continue reading →

TweetMy flabber continues to be gasted on a daily basis by the thoroughness of the work on Newbury’s A339 Railway bridge. At this rate it’ll be on the front page of Construction Week magazine. The meticulous brickwork continues as my … Continue reading →

Tweet With thanks to our wonderful daughter, Rhea, for a fantastic Dad day’s treat at Hotel du Vin, Henley Brewery, Henley-on-Thames. Tweet This Post Tweet

TweetTaken around 5am. Suggests a nice day, but it is now clouding over a tad. The forecast says we’ll get five minutes of sunshine with our elevenses. Tweet This Post Tweet

TweetFrom the Sunday Times (£): TWO of the Liberal Democrats’ biggest donors are being lined up for peerages, plunging Nick Clegg into a “cash for honours” controversy. Rumi Verjee, a multimillionaire who brought the Domino’s pizza chain to Britain, is … Continue reading →

TweetAlthough I tend to read the Guardian online as my first port of call, my usual dead tree read now is i newspaper. Excellent paper. I sit there in Costalotta and read it and do the occasional tweet and look-up … Continue reading →

TweetFrom CAMRA newspaper, What’s brewing. A closed pub listed in CAMRA’s National Inventory of Heritage Pubs has been ravaged by fire. The Rising Sun, Kirkstall Road in Leeds, which served as a furniture store in recent years, was famed for … Continue reading →

TweetI tend to swim against the tide of opinion on the issue of businesses not illegally and ingeniously getting around the tax laws. There is nothing more ridiculous than Margaret Hodge railing against the likes of Google and Amazon. Perfectly … Continue reading →

Tweet Nicolas Crane has been doing some great programmes in his Town series. I was particularly enthralled by the one on Huddersfield. What a very proud, independent history that town has! It seems the Luddites were emblematic of a rebellious … Continue reading →

TweetIt’s hard to think of a sorrier episode in the party’s modern history. That a liberal party that stands for equality should be the one that has its reputation dragged through the mud for failing to deal properly with serious … Continue reading →

TweetWe should note that Lord Rennard vehemently denies any wrong-doing. Despite being a general report on the party’s procedures, the Helena Morrissey Independent report, issued today, covers the handling of the allegations against Lord Rennard in great depth, particularly from … Continue reading →

TweetYou learn something new everyday. This funny YouTube video alerted me to the existence of the International Boundary Commission, which maintains the border between the US and Canada – the border being a twenty foot-wide gap extending across two-thirds of … Continue reading →

Tweet…but then I am sad. What happens if the Electoral College is tied? – from CGP Grey, whose YouTube channel I visited to watch the very popular Bizarre facts about the Canadian and US border. Tweet This Post Tweet

TweetI was very sorry to hear of the death of Councillor David Holtby today. My thoughts and prayers go out to Mr Holtby’s family and friends at this very difficult time. On the numerous occasions I bumped into David Holtby … Continue reading →