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Over 30 years spent watching Russian TV and trying to hold on to my sanity. Слава Україні and Kernow bys vyken!
Sadly not within range for me to attend but I have long admired Ms Ash's work on the World Service and have just ordered this book.
February 16, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Sadly not within range for me to attend but I have long admired Ms Ash's work on the World Service and have just ordered this book.
A bowl of bohrach for me please!
February 11, 2026 at 9:49 AM
A bowl of bohrach for me please!
There are times when I'm pleased to be retired and no longer have to sit through this yawnfest.
December 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
There are times when I'm pleased to be retired and no longer have to sit through this yawnfest.
Incidentally, disappointed to see that you *still* haven't been blackballed by MID. You need to up your game!
December 6, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Incidentally, disappointed to see that you *still* haven't been blackballed by MID. You need to up your game!
This one isn't paywalled, at least not for me straight from your link and I'm not an Indie subscriber.
But I like these ones:
But I like these ones:
December 6, 2025 at 9:56 AM
This one isn't paywalled, at least not for me straight from your link and I'm not an Indie subscriber.
But I like these ones:
But I like these ones:
Some very funny comments below the piece. You seem to have triggered some trolls 😂.
December 6, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Some very funny comments below the piece. You seem to have triggered some trolls 😂.
I went into HMV and asked the young lady at the tills if they had anything by The Doors. She said, "Two buckets of sand and a fire extinguisher last time I looked."
September 17, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I went into HMV and asked the young lady at the tills if they had anything by The Doors. She said, "Two buckets of sand and a fire extinguisher last time I looked."
I read the book when it came out, on the basis of rave reviews in the UK press. But I wasn't impressed because it just seemed to meander without any sense of culmination. Maybe I was too familiar with the period and events it described, having watched them intently back in the day.
August 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I read the book when it came out, on the basis of rave reviews in the UK press. But I wasn't impressed because it just seemed to meander without any sense of culmination. Maybe I was too familiar with the period and events it described, having watched them intently back in the day.
Yes, I saw that. I was thinking also of this new and much-hyped Flamingo. The Ukrainians know a thing or two about rocketry and missiles.
August 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Yes, I saw that. I was thinking also of this new and much-hyped Flamingo. The Ukrainians know a thing or two about rocketry and missiles.
It's almost as if they want Ukraine to develop its own long-range strike weapon so that they can shrug and say "nothing to do with us, guvnor". Perhaps Colby is a modern-day Baldrick, who has a cunning plan 🤡
August 24, 2025 at 2:18 PM
It's almost as if they want Ukraine to develop its own long-range strike weapon so that they can shrug and say "nothing to do with us, guvnor". Perhaps Colby is a modern-day Baldrick, who has a cunning plan 🤡
Alternatively, and hopefully Kim is mistaken, you don't commit that number of troops if you think you're joining the losing side.
July 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Alternatively, and hopefully Kim is mistaken, you don't commit that number of troops if you think you're joining the losing side.
I hope you're right that any appearance of the "little green men" in, say, Narva would be met with "immediate and deadly force". But I can't help be reminded of the episode in which Jim Hacker is challenged on how he would respond to Russian "salami-slicing".
June 11, 2025 at 7:47 AM
I hope you're right that any appearance of the "little green men" in, say, Narva would be met with "immediate and deadly force". But I can't help be reminded of the episode in which Jim Hacker is challenged on how he would respond to Russian "salami-slicing".
Not the first time Sky have given a platform to this professional genocide denier/justifier. Shame on them.
June 6, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Not the first time Sky have given a platform to this professional genocide denier/justifier. Shame on them.
We need more negative waves.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Clz9...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Clz9...
Kelly's Heroes: Oddball finds his Bridge
YouTube video by Kyle
www.youtube.com
June 3, 2025 at 6:23 PM
We need more negative waves.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Clz9...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Clz9...
I'm not an explosives expert and I don't know what a tonne of TNT looks like when it goes off, but relative to the size of the surrounding structures that doesn't look like a very large blast. However, fingers crossed!
June 3, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I'm not an explosives expert and I don't know what a tonne of TNT looks like when it goes off, but relative to the size of the surrounding structures that doesn't look like a very large blast. However, fingers crossed!
I suspect that Xi Jinping's presence is a more effective defence than all the S-400 and Pantsir systems in town. Maybe they just wanted shelter from sun or rain?
May 9, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I suspect that Xi Jinping's presence is a more effective defence than all the S-400 and Pantsir systems in town. Maybe they just wanted shelter from sun or rain?
Why not just leave the EU and join the Eurasian Economic Union?
May 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Why not just leave the EU and join the Eurasian Economic Union?
Interesting, I thought, and clicked on the link ... But wrong St Ives. Gah. Our seagulls are smarter than their crows anyway.
April 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Interesting, I thought, and clicked on the link ... But wrong St Ives. Gah. Our seagulls are smarter than their crows anyway.
Good tip. Thank you. One for the to-read pile, to follow Z Generation.
April 15, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Good tip. Thank you. One for the to-read pile, to follow Z Generation.
It's an excellent book, very informative and thought provoking. And when you've finished, it makes an excellent door stop!
April 11, 2025 at 12:17 PM
It's an excellent book, very informative and thought provoking. And when you've finished, it makes an excellent door stop!
Is this a humblebrag about getting an advance copy? 😀Apparently to be published in a week from now. Looks interesting, have made note to self.
April 9, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Is this a humblebrag about getting an advance copy? 😀Apparently to be published in a week from now. Looks interesting, have made note to self.
So we're looking to China these days to uphold fair play. Funny old world.
April 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
So we're looking to China these days to uphold fair play. Funny old world.
No, he's just checking that each man is correctly and properly turned out. He's checking the trouser creases, straightening the collars, brushing dandruff off the epaulettes etc.
March 29, 2025 at 9:46 AM
No, he's just checking that each man is correctly and properly turned out. He's checking the trouser creases, straightening the collars, brushing dandruff off the epaulettes etc.
England says - no thank you very much.
March 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
England says - no thank you very much.
The first one is saying "is that the famed author and media personality Keir Giles?" and the rest are nodding in agreement: "good grief, so it is".
March 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
The first one is saying "is that the famed author and media personality Keir Giles?" and the rest are nodding in agreement: "good grief, so it is".