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Peter Berthoud
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"Out of every hundred new ideas ninety-nine or more will probably be inferior to the traditional responses which they propose to replace." Will & Ariel Durant
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The online petition calling for a UK general election has gathered over 200,000 signatures in a matter of hours.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Call a General Election
I would like there to be another General Election. I believe the current Labour Government have gone back on the promises they laid out in the lead up to the last election.
petition.parliament.uk
November 24, 2024 at 12:17 AM
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Struwwelpeter or Naughty children : A Merry Card Game for Good Children Published by A.N. Myers, London, 1888. Based on Heinrich Hoffman's classic childrens book.

The Story of the Thumb-Sucker
One day, Mamma said: “Conrad dear, I must go out and leave you here But mind now, Conrad, what I say, Don’t suck your thumb while I’m away.”
November 19, 2024 at 5:54 PM
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1969 The 1st ever colour television commercial in the UK, for Birds Eye peas, airs on ATV in the Midlands during a Thunderbirds episode
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November 15, 2024 at 7:19 AM
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The newly finished Bush House, at the Aldwych end of Kingsway, London. Irving T. Bush intended the building to help foster a strong ‘Anglo-American’ partnership, the building opened on US Independence Day, July 4th 1925
The newly opened Bush House, at the Aldwych end of Kingsway, London, in 1925.
November 16, 2024 at 7:58 PM