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. I came across this somewhere earlier and thought it a good comment on the hype regarding the film. Now I am not one for films, I prefer...

. As Willie Whitelaw once said, " Harold Wilson is going around the country stirring up apathy.' This has not changed today and ...

. Cafe Press You will be as excited as I to know that in 'Royal Berkshire' (berks for short indeed!) they are now running bus tou...

. I suspect that you, like me, are suffering withdrawal symptoms when you hear the sad tale of the 1900 invitations to Harry  Willie and K...

. William Powell Firth. 'English Archers 19th Century' I laughed when I saw this picture. Here we find three middle class ladies ...

. Amazon Recently I have been indulging my liking of history by reading both Suetonius and Tacitus. Roman history was something I knew ab...

. What is Cameron about? Who is this little rich kid who has wormed his way into the Prime Ministers job?  Educated at Eton and Brasenose...

. MidEastWeb What now for Egypt? President Mubarak takes his leave, moved out by the army it appears. However the army who backed him will...

. The weather was a bit dreich, gray clouds lay overhead most of the day, but I managed to get the bike purring all the way up the old ra...

. Recently I have settled down at 6:30 to watch Michael Portillo's travels around the UK rail network. A delightful little programme t...

. Amazon After watching those parts of 'Match of the Day' that I did not miss by lying in my kip, I later spent much of the day wa...

. Ramses II Ozymandias   I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: `Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near...

. Independent Egypt, one of the most important nations in the Middle East, is usually just ignored in the UK. Since Suez in 1956 Egypt has...

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It's been a rotten week so far. The bug has taken what little energy and the even smaller amount of sense that I had and gave me that...

. Rabbie Burns poetry is recited on this night in places far flung from his place of origin. Scots have taken his works world wide and the...

. TV ARK "Lancaster   Pam Rhodes learns about the historical importance of the city of Lancaster, and visits a school that makes it...

. H owever a quick scan of the Scottish Premier League shows that while the Heart of Midlothian lie in third place the wee team, the one r...