Serendipity meets Hammer Horror.
November 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Serendipity meets Hammer Horror.
I was going to ask if they were still giving you grief. Question answered!
November 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I was going to ask if they were still giving you grief. Question answered!
Probably more common now in the UK to call it Remembrance Day - and especially Remembrance Sunday marking the ceremony held last weekend.
November 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Probably more common now in the UK to call it Remembrance Day - and especially Remembrance Sunday marking the ceremony held last weekend.
That's remarkable. When you mentioned the Imjin before, I thought of the Gloucesters. So that's where he was, Gloster Hill. It must be hard to put it all together: there's what he went through but then there's how he treated you.
November 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
That's remarkable. When you mentioned the Imjin before, I thought of the Gloucesters. So that's where he was, Gloster Hill. It must be hard to put it all together: there's what he went through but then there's how he treated you.
Where was this? Newsnight? I'd like to catch up with it .
November 11, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Where was this? Newsnight? I'd like to catch up with it .
Similar story with Colin Dexter. Rained in during a summer holiday in Wales in 1972, he sat down to write his first Inspector Morse novel.
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Similar story with Colin Dexter. Rained in during a summer holiday in Wales in 1972, he sat down to write his first Inspector Morse novel.
Very sorry to hear this - it's been so damaging for both of you. I think there's not enough understanding of how the war trauma of one generation can be inflicted on the next.
November 10, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Very sorry to hear this - it's been so damaging for both of you. I think there's not enough understanding of how the war trauma of one generation can be inflicted on the next.
Wonderful and remarkable.
November 10, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Wonderful and remarkable.
Clumsy efforts to ingratiate herself with her constituents. Reform came second (9,852 votes to her 19,401). Perhaps this is on her mind.
November 10, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Clumsy efforts to ingratiate herself with her constituents. Reform came second (9,852 votes to her 19,401). Perhaps this is on her mind.
A grim and sobering tale. I hope your dad had a good life post-war. Did he stay in touch with any of his comrades?
November 10, 2025 at 12:01 AM
A grim and sobering tale. I hope your dad had a good life post-war. Did he stay in touch with any of his comrades?
This is superb, Luke. A real career highlight.
November 9, 2025 at 11:53 PM
This is superb, Luke. A real career highlight.
Quite the sting in the tale to a very informative piece.
November 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Quite the sting in the tale to a very informative piece.
Thank you so much. Greatly looking forward to it.
November 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Thank you so much. Greatly looking forward to it.
Robin, I'd welcome your take.
November 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Robin, I'd welcome your take.
We thank them for their wartime service; they were the best of us.
November 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
We thank them for their wartime service; they were the best of us.
I did some digging. I think that'd be the 14th Annual Berkeley Jazz Festival, May 25, 1980.
November 8, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I did some digging. I think that'd be the 14th Annual Berkeley Jazz Festival, May 25, 1980.
They've said it before.
November 8, 2025 at 8:17 PM
They've said it before.
This calls for Steve McQueen and his motorbike.
November 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
This calls for Steve McQueen and his motorbike.
Someone has comfort but no conscience.
November 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Someone has comfort but no conscience.
The Guardian had a good piece marking twenty years on: www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/j...
'It was utter bedlam': Mancunians caught in the IRA blast see their stories on stage
Twenty years after the Manchester bombing, the immersive theatre show On Corporation Street looks at those caught in the chaos – from the man having a haircut to the couple getting married
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:34 AM
The Guardian had a good piece marking twenty years on: www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/j...
You too Jan. Regards to Womble!
November 7, 2025 at 10:24 AM
You too Jan. Regards to Womble!
The age of Bertillon.
November 7, 2025 at 9:54 AM
The age of Bertillon.
Yep, I first thought it was something by Cold War Steve.
November 6, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Yep, I first thought it was something by Cold War Steve.
Maybe his given reason is bogus and this is a preamble to his switching to Reform.
November 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Maybe his given reason is bogus and this is a preamble to his switching to Reform.