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Inspired by this I’ve taken my battered first edition, 2nd impression, down from the bookshelf to be the next book I read b
February 2, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Inspired by this I’ve taken my battered first edition, 2nd impression, down from the bookshelf to be the next book I read b
David Butler was my tutor in 1961 for, I think, the course “Modern British Government ”. It was a good term, very enjoyable going to Nuffield College for the tutorials. Long, long ago….
January 16, 2026 at 5:55 PM
David Butler was my tutor in 1961 for, I think, the course “Modern British Government ”. It was a good term, very enjoyable going to Nuffield College for the tutorials. Long, long ago….
Raise a glass to those in Wales.
Nadolig Llawen I y pump dyn.
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Nadolig Llawen I y pump dyn.
🐣🇪🇺🌲🌲🏴
December 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Raise a glass to those in Wales.
Nadolig Llawen I y pump dyn.
🐣🇪🇺🌲🌲🏴
Nadolig Llawen I y pump dyn.
🐣🇪🇺🌲🌲🏴
London - I sent a copy to a primary school in Bhutan that I had visited some years ago.
December 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
London - I sent a copy to a primary school in Bhutan that I had visited some years ago.
We don’t yet “elect” prime ministers, or have I missed something?
December 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
We don’t yet “elect” prime ministers, or have I missed something?
And now we do see. They are unable to deliver it today. Will let me know when it’s out for delivery again.
November 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
And now we do see. They are unable to deliver it today. Will let me know when it’s out for delivery again.
Couldn’t agree more. Grandson’s Christmas present string today- 4 - 5. We’ll see.
November 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Couldn’t agree more. Grandson’s Christmas present string today- 4 - 5. We’ll see.
Congratulations.
October 30, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Congratulations.
My childhood read - I think my son now has my copy - not in a pristine state!
October 1, 2025 at 9:12 AM
My childhood read - I think my son now has my copy - not in a pristine state!
I too am 85 and happily go back from the West End on the tube after a theatre trip.
August 4, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I too am 85 and happily go back from the West End on the tube after a theatre trip.
No. Very defensible! Well done.
August 3, 2025 at 6:23 PM
No. Very defensible! Well done.
Sorry! Thought I was replying to Daniel!
July 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Sorry! Thought I was replying to Daniel!
Wow! We know Roy Noble , don’t we - or anyway about him.
July 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Wow! We know Roy Noble , don’t we - or anyway about him.
Has to be “Trees”!
July 26, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Has to be “Trees”!
Bring back purchase tax!
July 11, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Bring back purchase tax!
I was there. I joined with a couple of my friends. I think one of them was the first woman to speak from the floor.
Happy days!
Happy days!
June 27, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I was there. I joined with a couple of my friends. I think one of them was the first woman to speak from the floor.
Happy days!
Happy days!
You shouldn’t judge a whole generation by a few vocal ones. We are in our mid 80s and not one of our friends supports any of the right- wing mendacious nutters.
May 29, 2025 at 12:05 PM
You shouldn’t judge a whole generation by a few vocal ones. We are in our mid 80s and not one of our friends supports any of the right- wing mendacious nutters.
I remember the news breaking on Coronation Day. A very special occasion. Later I went with my father to the world premier of the film. The queen was there and all the team sitting in the front of the circle. It was in one of the big cinemas in Leicester Square. I was so excited.
May 29, 2025 at 10:39 AM
I remember the news breaking on Coronation Day. A very special occasion. Later I went with my father to the world premier of the film. The queen was there and all the team sitting in the front of the circle. It was in one of the big cinemas in Leicester Square. I was so excited.
At my all girls junior school in the forties we did woodwork and needlework.
At my mother’s high school just after WW1 the boys did trigonometry which she thought sounded something like algebra, and which she was very good at, but she wasn’t allowed to join them .
At my mother’s high school just after WW1 the boys did trigonometry which she thought sounded something like algebra, and which she was very good at, but she wasn’t allowed to join them .
May 6, 2025 at 7:38 AM
At my all girls junior school in the forties we did woodwork and needlework.
At my mother’s high school just after WW1 the boys did trigonometry which she thought sounded something like algebra, and which she was very good at, but she wasn’t allowed to join them .
At my mother’s high school just after WW1 the boys did trigonometry which she thought sounded something like algebra, and which she was very good at, but she wasn’t allowed to join them .
Thanks. We hadnmet in a small party in Chapain’s Quad in, I think, my third week.
May 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Thanks. We hadnmet in a small party in Chapain’s Quad in, I think, my third week.
7 in Brighton Kemptown 1964, asI remember. And the story, true or not, that 8 Tory workers, having beavered away all day, failed to get to the pools themselves.
May 2, 2025 at 12:23 PM
7 in Brighton Kemptown 1964, asI remember. And the story, true or not, that 8 Tory workers, having beavered away all day, failed to get to the pools themselves.
Memories of spending all night in a Magdalen punt to hear them on a slightly drizzly May morning, 1960 - my companion then is now my husband of 62 years.
April 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Memories of spending all night in a Magdalen punt to hear them on a slightly drizzly May morning, 1960 - my companion then is now my husband of 62 years.