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Taking liberties

I have recently been reading an interesting new book entitled What Price Liberty? by Ben Wilson. In a closely argued text, looking historically from the English Civil War to the present day, his basic premise is that today, we are in danger of losing...

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Ageing Disgracefully

Ageing Disgracefully

The redoubtable Irene Handle John Fortune was once in a TV show with Irene Handl. It involved color separation, a technique then in its infancy, and the enthusiastic young director thought he should explain the process to Miss Handl at the outset. Swathed...

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Home Thoughts from Abroad.....

Home Thoughts from Abroad.....

Oh, to be in England Now that April's there, I must have been 10 or 11 when I was first introduced to this poem by Robert Browning. Rather young maybe, but in those days, we were often treated to such literary gems at the primary school level, and amazingly,...

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