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Monthly Archives: April 2015

Savell on Savile.

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by Anna Raccoon on April 29, 2015

Detective Superintendent Jon Savell has finally spoken, albeit briefly. After 3 years of investigation into the allegations regarding Jimmy Savile at Duncroft, it amounts to 17 pages. 17 pages that are notable as much for what they don’t

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Free Men and a Boat.

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by Anna Raccoon on April 29, 2015

Once upon a time, Albania was a communist country. Those of us who grew up in the 50s were indoctrinated with the notion that anyone who ‘escaped’ from a communist country was nothing short of a Hero. We

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The First Cut is the Deepest

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by Petunia Winegum on April 28, 2015

Two-hundred years ago this year, Allied forces led by the Duke of Wellington brought peace to Europe after more than twenty years of Revolutionary anarchy and Napoleonic conquest, a peace that lasted for an impressive four

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Tomorrow’s World

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by Petunia Winegum on April 27, 2015

Forty years ago this month, BBC1 screened a new drama series penned by Dalek creator Terry Nation; but this was no journey through space and time; this was very much the here and now. Nation’s chilling portrayal

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The Sunday Post: An Ordinary Copper

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by Petunia Winegum on April 26, 2015

The Bobby on the Beat – the evocative vision of British policing politicians are prone to promoting in speeches whilst simultaneously scything away at the funding that enable this reassuring figure to patrol the highways and byways

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

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by Anna Raccoon on April 25, 2015

Des Freedman in the Islington Tribune – “the media consists less of an honourable array of impartial and independent organisations than a series of institutions which are intimately connected to

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Up Close and Personal with the NHS.

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by Anna Raccoon on April 24, 2015

Ms Raccoon has been back studying the NHS at close quarters. What a fascinating animal it is.

It reminds me of Windows 8 for some obscure reason – a bulk package which drains the lifeblood out

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Woman’s Hour

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by Petunia Winegum on April 23, 2015

Margaret Thatcher was called many things during her lifetime, from the nation’s saviour to a she-devil; but an aberration? A quarter of a century since she exited Downing Street, the likelihood of Labour or the Liberal Democrats

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Two Little Boys

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by Petunia Winegum on April 22, 2015

Once upon a time there were two little boys, Billy Bunter and Simple Simon. They lived in a strange village called Leftminster, home to two large families, the Tories and the Socialists. Billy and Simon belonged to

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An Unlimited Supply!

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by Petunia Winegum on April 21, 2015

Crisis – what crisis? This crisis: A National Debt standing at more than 200% of Gross Domestic Product; a Tory Government of wealthy individuals in thrall to the City of London, more concerned with the defence of

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Janner's Janissaries.

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by Anna Raccoon on April 20, 2015

Lord Greville Janner’s loyal family and supporters are fighting a futile battle to preserve his reputation in the face of the disingenuous statements from both the CPS and the Leicestershire Police.

The CPS laid emphasis on the

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Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl

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by Petunia Winegum on April 19, 2015

When asked if he was the anonymous sender of a valentine’s card by its young travel-tavern receptionist recipient, Alan Partridge replied, aghast, ‘No, I’m old enough to be your father – or your older brother; either way,

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The 25 Hour News/Do You Remember The First Time?

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by Petunia Winegum on April 18, 2015


 

Whether or not any of you choose to participate come May 7, chances are you’ve participated in the past – perhaps when you were less cynical

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There Ain't Nothing Like a Dame…

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by Anna Raccoon on April 17, 2015

We’ve spent enough time discussing the hypocrisy of the main politicians – Emily Thornberry, proud owner of an ex-housing association property in North London campaigning against the Conservative manifesto pledge to allow the sale of, er, ex-housing association

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Poofs’ Football and Plebs’ Ballet

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by Petunia Winegum on April 16, 2015

‘Ballet,’ grumbled Albert Steptoe when seeking to quash son Harold’s attempts at bettering himself, ‘that’s just poofs’ football!’ Harold expanding his interests beyond his father’s limited horizons represented a threat to the senior Steptoe, so junior’s aspirational

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A Home of One’s Own

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by Petunia Winegum on April 15, 2015

Yes, it’s Manifesto Week! Buy one policy, get one free! Hard-working family? We’ve got something for you! Pensioner? We’ve got something for you too! School-leaver? Er… Anyway, hurry while stocks last! Offer only available until May 7!

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Separate Lives

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by Petunia Winegum on April 14, 2015

A couple of weeks ago, an imam from London appeared on the radio singing traditional Irish folk songs; the reason for this curious cultural anomaly was due to his cosmopolitan childhood. He explained he had been brought

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The Sliding Scale of Justice.

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by Anna Raccoon on April 13, 2015

Like Premiership footballers, or Formula One racing drivers, successful solicitors and barristers aren’t enamoured with the idea of working for minimum wages. The best charge more.

As a society, we ensured that the poorest and most vulnerable

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It’s History, Ken; but Not as We Know It!

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by Petunia Winegum on April 12, 2015

Remaking and reviving a revered and much-loved television hit from another era is a gamble than can go either way. The BBC is doing it at the moment with ‘Poldark’, forty years on from the original series

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The 25 Hour News and The Millennium Blues

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by Petunia Winegum on April 11, 2015


Y2K – remember that? It was going to screw-up the world’s computers on New Year’s Day 2000, and we’d all travel back in time to 1900.

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Faustus for Fifteen Minutes

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by Petunia Winegum on April 10, 2015

We all know Andy Warhol’s most famous quote and how it has come to be the modern secular equivalent of an eleventh commandment; and it’s tempting to envisage a future date in which the doss-houses of Britain

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Meet the New Boss; Same as the Old Boss

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by Petunia Winegum on April 9, 2015

When Mick Jagger was first nominated for a knighthood, the ‘Keeper of the Flame’, i.e. Keith Richards, reacted with disgust; his response was that for his fellow Stone to accept such an award would be to feed

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The Chinese Way

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by Petunia Winegum on April 8, 2015

Anyone who tuned into the special election edition of ‘The Weakest Link’ last week would probably have experienced few revelatory moments when hearing what the seven party leaders had to say in their allocated 90 seconds. True,

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Savilisation as True Entertainment.

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by Anna Raccoon on April 7, 2015

The avowedly left wing ‘new comedy’ has spoken.

‘The time is right’. ‘People are ready’. Child abuse as mainstream entertainment. An evening out. Dressed to kill – or rather dressed to listen to allegations of Child

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Savile – Battersea – Some Facts.

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by Anna Raccoon on April 7, 2015

Some weeks ago, I was contacted by a journalist enquiring whether the Battersea flat, 240a Battersea Bridge Road – the basement flat in this photograph, was in fact the same address where I had stayed when I ran

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The Sunday Post: Shrouded in Mystery

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by Gildas the Monk on April 5, 2015

Regular readers will recall that from time to time I conduct one of my historical mystery tours. These have often yielded results which surprise me. It seems there are times when historical narrative and scientific fact

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

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by Anna Raccoon on April 4, 2015

Barthnotes on the UK Satanic Panic re-emergence.

Saff on ‘Pulp Fiction’ and whatever happened to Tim Tate’s book?

Tim Tate re-emerges with his reputation intact

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Beating the Tattoo.

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by Anna Raccoon on April 3, 2015

A perfect spring day yesterday; blossom fighting its way through the bark of the apple trees, not a cloud in the sky – just the day to take the dog for a walk on the beach.

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Even Grimmer Fairy Tales.

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by Anna Raccoon on April 2, 2015

Are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin.

Long, long ago, in a leafy Sussex village, not far from where Piltdown Man was discovered to be a hoax, there came a man who had fallen

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Clit-Lit

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by Petunia Winegum on April 1, 2015

I know a few of you are…erm…‘getting on’, but if you can dust off the cobwebs and cast your minds back as far as two days ago, you might just recall mention of the ‘Clean Reader’ app,

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