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Monthly Archives: January 2015

The 25 Hour News

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by Petunia Winegum on January 31, 2015

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When Yes Means No

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by Petunia Winegum on January 30, 2015

A Victorian man denied his conjugal rights by his Victorian wife finally snaps and takes possession of his property in a manner the law tells him he is perfectly entitled to. From her perspective, it is not

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Turn Left at Athens

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by Petunia Winegum on January 29, 2015

Something of significance happened in Greece this week, an event that marked the end of an era, the passing of an age and a sign of the times. Demis Roussos died. One hopes the singing tent, who so

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Let There Be Light

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by Petunia Winegum on January 27, 2015

It could easily be dismissed as a cinematic myth, but I’m pretty damn sure it’s true that early Hollywood westerns simplified the distinction between hero and villain by cladding the good guys in light colours and the bad

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Innocent until Proven Dead; and the secrets you will never know.

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by Anna Raccoon on January 26, 2015

In this age of Internet trial, the dead are truly Damned. The slurping sound you can hear on the cyber waves is the sound of a thousand career conspiracy theorists licking their lips at the thought of

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The Sunday Post: Elegy

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by Gildas the Monk on January 25, 2015

I deeply mourn the passing of my dear friend, Juliette, who left us just after Christmas.

Some years ago, when I was in the midst of self-doubt, loneliness and misery, I would thrash about

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The 25 Hour News

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by Petunia Winegum on January 24, 2015

A news week so eventful, even the blogs that normally share space on this post have had to make way!

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For All Its Faults…

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by Petunia Winegum on January 23, 2015

A detailed description of what happens when a man minding his own business collides with an Israeli air-strike in Gaza can paint remarkable pictures in the mind of the listener. I was exposed to just such a

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Victoria’s Daughters and the Fine Line of Time

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by Petunia Winegum on January 22, 2015

Many might think the complete and definitive history of the Victorian age has already been written; after all, there have been plenty of books and television documentaries filling the shelves and schedules since the old Queen died

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The People's Pitchfork.

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by Anna Raccoon on January 21, 2015

Shock, horror this morning amongst all the people who didn’t read the Forbes list of the 1549 wealthiest people in the world – Oxfam have used the top 85 to depress us further on #Blue Monday.

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I Know Thee Not, Old Man

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by Petunia Winegum on January 20, 2015

Mothers and daughters, fathers and sons; if there happens to be any long-term tension within the family unit, more often than not the tension arises from strained relations between two males or two females. It becomes especially

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Oblivion to Lilian.

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by Anna Raccoon on January 19, 2015

Can we talk about Lilian? What do I mean, who’s Lilian? Lilian, Lilian Lepère, to be precise.

I’m not surprised that you didn’t pick up on the name, to be honest, he’s the forgotten man. He’s white, middle

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Hotel California!

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by Anna Raccoon on January 18, 2015

Life has changed dramatically for Mr G and Ms Raccoon over the past few weeks.

Last night, after much debate, we decided that since it is patently obvious Ms Raccoon will not be off on her travels

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The historic abuse of Kalakala.

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by Anna Raccoon on January 15, 2015

Kalakala was beautiful, she might have been invented with the sole purpose in mind of pleasing a man’s eye.

That she has ended her life tired, careworn, exhausted, and scarred is entirely the fault of misuse at

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Sacranie Values?

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by Gildas the Monk on January 14, 2015

I heard an interesting interview by the BBC’s Nicky Campbell last week with Sir Iqbal Sacranie (OBE) this week. Despite working for the BBC, and particularly its light news and sport channel 5Live, Campbell is no

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What the Papers Said

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by Petunia Winegum on January 13, 2015

Who can forget it? I certainly can’t. It was one of those unique moments that only happen once in a lifetime, moments in which time stands still and collective jaws hit the floor. The year was

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The Elephant in the Caliphate.

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by Anna Raccoon on January 12, 2015

The girls are still missing – the Twitter hashtag #bringbackourgirls only occasionally flickers into life as the fashionable world, and the Sky ‘disaster team’, has moved on from their plight. Even the wristband salesmen have moved

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Saturday Evening Posts Worth Reading and the 25-Hour News.

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by Anna Raccoon on January 10, 2015

Have the Terrorists already won? Frank Fisher. French v. English coverage of the Hebdo massacre in Quebec. David Attenborough – Population control – so long as I can have

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Ebola, those 'selfless volunteers', and Our Nationalised NHS.

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by Anna Raccoon on January 9, 2015

The hottest political football of the day has to be the NHS, or ‘Our NHS, wonder of the world’. [Edited to add: It was, until we had ‘Cartoons to die for’.]

Indeed, the NHS did rank

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That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore

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by Sigillum on January 8, 2015

A couple of weeks ago I read a piece in the Times by the regular Saturday columnist Matthew Parris. Perhaps I didn’t pay very close attention, but the theme of the piece seemed to be this: look at

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Grecian 2000 (and 15)

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by Petunia Winegum on January 7, 2015

One or two female friends of mine who are around the same age as me are feeling rather…erm…let’s just say, queasy at the moment; they can’t get a good night’s sleep; they can’t maintain their concentration

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Odd Men Out

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by Petunia Winegum on January 6, 2015

POSH! – ‘Loved culture, poetry’ CREEPY! – ‘Loner with blue rinse hair’ WEIRD! – ‘Strange talk, strange walk’

I was reminded of these devastating descriptions of the attributes that constitute a killer whilst

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Immigrants – 'Gimme Grants'!

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by Anna Raccoon on January 5, 2015

Immigrants add to the full richness of British life.

There, I’ve said it. Now you can all land on my head and not bother to read the rest of the post.

There are a

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The Sunday Post: Rituals

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by Gildas the Monk on January 4, 2015

I have written a couple of times about the little feral cat that I adopted, or who adopted me; and the posts received quite a lot of responses. Cat, as I simply called him at

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Saturday Evening Posts Worth Reading and the 25-Hour News.

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by Anna Raccoon on January 3, 2015

Michael Hanlon on ‘Why human progress has ground to a halt‘.

Luke Gittos on the cult of #Ibelieveher.

SEX OFFENDERS should not be allowed to

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When is a Town not a Town?

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by Petunia Winegum on January 2, 2015

Okay, so we’ve done politics, we’ve done religion and we’ve done sex – our landlady has tossed many a hot potato into the Raccoon Arms debating circle over the past few years and has left the

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The Sea giveth and the Sea taketh away.

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by Anna Raccoon on January 1, 2015

When William the Conquerer peered across the English channel from Saint-Valery, Pevensey Castle looked to be the shortest and easiest channel crossing to take the fort. If he tried to do the same today, he would have a long walk

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