If you take the BBC’s website at face value, you might think that hardly anyone – or, at least, a minority – uses soap in solid bars any more. As the article puts it: How do you like to scrub … Continue reading
8 March 2015
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7 March 2015
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Fighting Yesterday’s Battles
I recently got involved in an argument on the Internet with a small group of people who think that the web design standards of the 1990s are still valid today. In support of this, one of them pointed me at … Continue reading
25 February 2015
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MPs to be banned from taking jobs that Ed doesn’t approve of (if he gets in, of course)
Ed Miliband has just sent me[1] an email in which he said It’s time to stop MPs taking second jobs once and for all. Your MP should be working solely in the interests of you and your community. and then … Continue reading
18 February 2015
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Does quality journalism have a future?
I don’t normally read the Daily Telegraph in print, except when I’m visiting my parents and I try to do the crossword before my mum gets a chance. But I’ve been reading it a lot more online recently, ever since … Continue reading
20 January 2015
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Judge David Cameron on his record
The Huffington Post published a graphic attacking David Cameron which has become something of an Internet meme. So, let’s look at what Cameron’s record actually is on the things it mentions… “One million people using food banks” – because the … Continue reading
9 November 2014
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Putting it into perspective
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. It felt ever so … Continue reading
2 November 2014
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No, Ed, we still don’t need English Regions.
Regional devolution is back in the news following the Scottish referendum. The latest proposal to give more power to the regions comes from Ed Miliband, who wants to replace the House of Lords with an elected senate representing the “regions … Continue reading
27 October 2014
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Noel Wilkes, a true Evesham hero
On the way to Tesco on Saturday evening, I passed what appeared to be the immediate aftermath of a road accident just outside St Ecgwins Club in Evesham High Street. A man was lying in the road, being attended to … Continue reading
21 October 2014
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Auf Wiedersehen, Ukip
Economic migrants leaving their homes in a poorer country to find work in a richer one. If, like me, your musical memories consist of the likes of Duran Duran, Blondie, The Human League, The Sex Pistols and Bon Jovi, then … Continue reading
16 October 2014
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A brief history of local government in Evesham
When considering Evesham’s history, the things that come to mind tend to be the obvious ones: the founding of the Abbey as a result of Eof’s vision, the battle of Evesham, the ongoing dispute between the Abbey town of Evesham … Continue reading