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Entries from November 15th, 2009

The Circus of unearthly delights

November 15th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Politics

Hot on the heels of his utter denial of global warming, Philip Circus has used his column in the West Sussex County Times this week to apply his (sadly not) unique wisdom on housing provision and his conclusion seems to be that we don’t need any.

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Somewhere I’ve Never Travelled

November 15th, 2009 · Comments Off on Somewhere I’ve Never Travelled · Music

I don’t know when it happened, but Spotify now have Ambrosia’s 1976 album Somewhere I’ve Never Travelled.   I used to have the vinyl LP of this – maybe I still do – and listened to it a lot in the 70s when it was one of only a few dozen LPs I owned. I probably […]

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The real shock about Belle du Jour

November 15th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Life

The author of notorious prostitution blog Belle du Jour, has finally discarded the cloak of anonymity and revealed herself.  I haven’t actually visited the blog, read the book (I am assuming there is one) or even seen the TV adaptation starring Billie Piper, but, like the X-Factor, it is one of things you can’t escape […]

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The return of Top Gear

November 15th, 2009 · Comments Off on The return of Top Gear · Life

I see that Top Gear is back on BBC Two tonight.  To mark the event, here is a letter from Friday’s Guardian that rather ticked me: The format of Top Gear can scarcely be called original (G2, 12 November).  For over 30 years the BBC has had thre old codgers doing daft things and getting […]

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Cameron on faith

November 15th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Life

I’m always a little worried about politicians having strong beliefs in god: you really want those in charge to make decisions based on logic rather than faith after all.   But what caught my eye in this story about David Cameron’s beliefs is not what he says about religion but what he says about psychology: Politicians […]

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