November 2010
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“All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses...”
– T. E. Lawrence (1888-1935)
Nov 30th
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Nov 30th
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Nov 30th
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Nov 30th
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Nov 30th
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Nov 30th
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Nov 29th
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Nov 29th
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“Paralytic sycophants, effete betrayers of humanity, carrion-eating servile...”
– Approved terms of abuse for East German Communist speakers when describing the English (1953)
Nov 27th
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Nov 27th
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Nov 27th
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Nov 27th
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Nov 27th
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Nov 27th
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Nov 27th
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Nov 26th
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‘Streaked Lightning’ (1962) Cracking RAF film featuring the thunderous English Electric Lightning jet fighter. Set to a jazzy, Mingus-esque score, it’s cool daddy-o. Designed to intercept Russian bombers armed with nuclear weapons before they reached our shores, the supersonic single-seater had a top speed of 1500 mph and the capability to fly to 88,000 ft. Dasvidania...
Nov 25th
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“‘No hurry, no hurry’, said Sir James with that air of self-denial...”
– Ms. Ada Leverson (The Twelfth Hour) 1907
Nov 24th
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Nov 24th
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Nov 24th
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Nov 23rd
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Nov 23rd
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Nov 23rd
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Nov 22nd
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Nov 22nd
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“Sunday lunch in a country pub is one of those things Englishmen with unspeakable...”
– A. A. Gill Stow-on-the-Wold (2000) Prose of a genius, England’s master wordsmith..
Nov 13th
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Nov 13th
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Nov 10th
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Nov 10th
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Nov 9th
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“As a man is, so he sees.”
– William Blake (1757 - 1827)
Nov 9th
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Nov 8th
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Nov 6th
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Nov 4th
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Nov 3rd
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Nov 3rd
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Nov 3rd
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Nov 1st
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Nov 1st
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Nov 1st
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Nov 1st
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