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Saturday, 16 June 2012

A History of Fairport Convention in 5 Songs

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Judging by the rain lashing down outside it must be nearly festival time. Once the time when kids would take leave of their parents to spe...
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Monday, 4 June 2012

How to Abolish the Monarchy

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She's still around then? So it seems. Republicans don't really seem to getting far in this country for some reason. Roy Jenkin...
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Saturday, 26 May 2012

Great Trees of England #1: Middle Oak, Newbury

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Middle Oak, Easter 2012 (Martin Porter) Of all the trees that stand in England, none are luckier to still be here than Middle Oak. Whe...
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Wednesday, 9 May 2012

Private Jets - Lets Take Action!

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Note: Since I wrote this a higher rate of passenger duty has been introduced on private jets. However their users still pay proportionally...
Friday, 4 May 2012

Bond or bondage?

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Details of the rather unconventional private life of MI6 officer Gareth Williams may have come as a bit of a surprise to people brought up o...
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Tuesday, 1 May 2012

The Norman Orcs Who Rule Us Still

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Orc , in Old English means demon, and it was a word used by contemporary chroniclers for the Norman invaders who ravaged England after the B...
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Saturday, 28 April 2012

Britain's Top Anti-Roads Activist

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No it's not Swampy. Nor is it Jim Hindle, who managed to save his tree at Newbury - the only person who did - and whose trousers now...
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