No News Might be Good News
Why are people avoiding ‘the news?’ Perhaps it is simply proof that it is easier to avoid propaganda than to try and wade through it 24 24 June 2023 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News I worked ‘in the…
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Watch: Fairport Convention & Steeleye Span (1971)
A treasure. Two short live sets from Fairport Convention and Steeleye Span at Ainsdale Beach on 30 June 1971. 29 July 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News Fairport Convention & Steeleye Span on Ainsdale Beach (1971) 18 July…
UK: Queen’s Platinum Jubilee (2022)
The Queen, 96, is celebrating 70 years of her reign and hopes the festivities will give people an opportunity to reflect on the country’s achievements since 1952. Below are some details of the celebrations over the four days of celebrations,…
Two Love Letters to the Queen
View Post As the Queen celebrates her Platinum Jubilee, a Canadian artist and a Canadian writer look back on ‘growing up’ with the Queen. Photo: Platinum Jubilee: Queen images projected onto Stonehenge and Marble Arch to celebrate monarch’s 70th anniversary…
UK: Musician Paul Heaton donates £1,000 each to 60 pubs
The Housemartins and Beautiful South frontman invited fans to celebrate his 60th birthday with him 09 May 2022 | Sophie Zeldin-O’Neill | The Guardian | With additional photos from Twitter Fans Listen carefully and you may hear one of 60…
Britain Settled Lend-Lease WWII Debts in 2006
In what was to become known as ‘a financial Dunkirk,’ Britain used the Lend-Lease Act to acquire food, oil, and other materials from the United States 09 January 2019 | Micheal Chimaobi Kalu | War History Online Perhaps there are…
UK: Liz Truss sets out demands for peace with Russia
The ‘analysis’ of her speech contends that the ‘West’s punishment, payment and prevention approach to ending war could leave Putin cornered‘ Photo: Liz Truss, speaking at Mansion House in London on Wednesday, made clear Russia would be required to leave…
Barbados: First-ever president to replace Queen Elizabeth as head of state
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The former British colony will replace the UKs Queen Elizabeth as its head of state and become a republic. Photo: Sandra Mason, the current governor-general, is set to be sworn in as president on November 30, the country’s 55th anniversary…
Blitzy The Wartime Teddy is Looking for New Home
Post: Wartime teddy bear Blitzy will be sold at auction after being found in an attic (Hansons/PA) The bear, to be sold at auction, was purchased for a five-year-old girl around the time of the heavy bombing of Manchester in…
A writer recalls holidays hitching and hiking across England (1930)
Photo: Young women hitch-hike on country lanes, 1956. Photograph: Harry Kerr/Getty Images Hitch-hiking. By now there is likely a generation or two who do not really know what the term means. It is a shame. In 1970, when I was still…
Backstory: The UK’s Troubles ‘Amnesty’
A series of articles discussing what some are calling the UK’s “de facto amnesty” for those involved in Troubles-related killings. Northern Secretary says proposals are ‘painful recognition of the reality of where we are’ 2. Proposals characterised as ‘de facto…
Rare J.M.W. Turner expected to fetch $5.5 million to $8.3 million at auction
The seascape painting is entitled ‘Purfleet and the Essex Shore as seen from Long Reach’ by renowned British painter J.M.W. Turner 05 July 2021 | UROOBA JAMAL | AP via Bloomberg London (AP) — A seascape by renowned British painter…
