Sunday, 11 July 2010

What Annoys Me About The End Of 'The Golden Child' (1986)

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Yes, this is another one of my commentaries on things that annoy me in second-rate movies of the past.  I was reminded of this one in a roun...
Friday, 9 July 2010

Public Sector Staff Cuts: Impact on the Ground

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We have been told by the coalition government that in tackling its key objective of reducing the UK's deficit the whole public sector, b...
Wednesday, 7 July 2010

Laund(e)rette Life

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The demise of launderettes/laundrettes (the first 'e' seems optional and however it is spelt, it is most often pronounced simply as ...
Monday, 5 July 2010

We All Cannot Be 'The Apprentice'

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I am no fan of the television series 'The Apprentice' in which Lord Sugar is presented with a group of budding entrepreneurs who wan...
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Saturday, 3 July 2010

University of Exeter: Home of Snobbery

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I have been working quite a bit in South-West England and have stayed recently in Exeter, the capital of Devon, though the local authority f...
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Thursday, 1 July 2010

What If Belgium Had Not Been Created?

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My views on this topic can be found in my e-book ‘Down Other Tracks: Alternate Outcomes of the 19th Century’ by Alexander Rooksmoor.  ...
Saturday, 19 June 2010

'Oh, Your Job Didn't End in the Correct Way': Additional Challenges of Claiming Benefit

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As regular readers might have noticed I am again unemployed.  Unlike last year when made redundant, this time it seemed to be that I could c...