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Today's is the anniversary of the birth of the Great Man.

Thank God for Winston Churchill.

About that general election....


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Christmas is imminent, geese are fattening, middle-aged historians shall soon pass the hat for a few pence ... for your Christmas list, here is a preview of Bapton Books' forthcoming history of 1937, available in December 2012.

Or, rather, Bubba - and I don’t, actually, answer to ‘Julian’ myself (Bona Slash, Publishers) - has written to me to note that, in my scatterbrained fashion, I seem never to have posted here the link to Potter’s Lock.

I do so now. It premièred as part of the 2010 Career Travel Fair here. It may also be found at AO3, as part of the series Fare ( Read more... )

As you’ll recall, an interest of mine is the old demotic pub and music hall and variety culture, and I hope you saw the Beeb’s documentary programme recently about Mrs Mills.

Of course, if you’d watched that, you’ll have seen young Michael Sands discussing and playing the music of the great Glad. And you’ll also have seen young Stewart Nicholls, in ( Read more... )

Yes, the didactic side of me shall no doubt cross-post this to Britpickery as a resource for fen, but that’s not the point. This is something everyone wants to explore and to enjoy. The Beeb have put together a London Collection - some of these being from the 1950s - of old programmes. I don’t know if overseas viewers can view these - the ( Read more... )

Gloriously filthy ... weather we're having, isn't it.

Am home. (Not necessarily 'and dry'.) Had forgotten to account for the dear lad's having to report himself on the Monday to a job. One forgets how often a man who actually does things is not his own master, however masterly his talents and accomplishments and masterful his ways when (wait for it ( Read more... )