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Always Worth Saying’s Glasto Review

4th July 2025 Always Worth Saying 0

Glasto 27th-29th June 2025 Present: Charli xcx Bob Vylan Neil Young Venue: Glastonbury What a struggle it was, but on your behalf this humble reviewer — devastated by the absence of Question Time during the [more…]

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A View From The Greenhouse; Reflections

18th February 2025 Colin Cross 0

As expected (once DJT got his feet back under the table), it became more than a possibility that the war in Ukraine could be brought to a conclusion of sorts. It may not bring the [more…]

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Postcard From Birmingham, Part Two

31st August 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

There should be a law against circular railway stations, especially those with exits at each point of the compass. The danger is, once outside, visitors don’t know where they are or in what direction they’re [more…]

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About Little Women

23rd August 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

We play a game at work with girls’ heights. There is a reason for this. Colleagues are going to build a tunnel to the shop next door and steal their toys. To confuse the local [more…]

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How to learn guitar

26th November 2023 El Cnutador 0

Spurred on by the feast of music that is FF, your fingers are itching for some axework and you’re ready to pick up that six string and play it ’til your fingers bleed. First, you [more…]

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Elementary, my dear Watson – Fe Iron

2nd May 2023 SharpieType301 0

By now, you should have (happily I hope) settled into our explorations of a day in the life of the elements. So far, we’ve investigated Hydrogen, Carbon, Mercury, Bromine, and Oxygen, taken a canter through [more…]

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Derek And Clive Go Clubbing

8th August 2022 Novak and Goode 0

In 1982 Clive left a small Welsh town for London to start his degree course, he had outgrown the town where he had lived all his life and was a couple of years older than [more…]

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Moonlighting as a DJ

1st September 2021 Columba Palumbus 0

For a large part of my twenties, I lived a double life. By day I worked on the farm or as a tree surgeon, and sometimes even in an office. I would play football and [more…]

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Wankpuffin – Isolation Mix

24th July 2020 Going Postal 0

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