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Festive singalong
A secular continuation of Carols for Christmas 2017 To the tune of Jingle BellsRogue regimes, rogue regimes, all around the globe,Oh what pain it is to see the rise of …
They finally did it
With apologies to Emma Lazarus (1849-1887), writer of the Statue of Liberty inscription Give me your hired, your whores,Your billionaires yearning for money,The racist, misogynist, fascist hordes,Send these, the planet-wrecking …
Stoned again
Eating seasonally is very obviously the best way to consume food. Flavour and nutrition are maximised, carbon footprint is minimised and consumption is aligned in harmony with the year’s natural …
Comedy’s corpse
For many years the Edinburgh Fringe Festival has supplied increasing evidence that comedy is on its last legs, and now the winner of this year’s ‘Funniest Joke at the Fringe’ …
There goes the knighthood
The kamikaze destruction of his eminent BBC career by Huw Edwards will reach its climax next month when he is sentenced at Westminster Magistrates Court for receiving indecent images of …
Nye
Last Saturday afternoon my partner and I went to the Wales Millennium Centre (WMC) to see Nye, a new play by Tim Price about Nye Bevan (1897-1960), founder of the …
Poleaxed
Time for sorrow… Videos* & Audio*: YouTube *The Third Man (1949). Director: Carol Reed (1906-1976); Cinematography: Robert Krasker (1913-1981); Music: Anton Karas (1906-1985); Actors in clip: Joseph Cotten (1905-1994), Trevor …
Celery, necessarily
In the dark depths of winter around the equinox there are still plenty of fresh foods in season for those who don’t go along with the globalised production schedules and …
Exploring wild Wales
Cartoons: H Carpuli
Stocking filler
Solution in January ACROSS9 …and please mince along the seafront (9)10 Odd errand pilot missed in transmission (5)11 Irate old queen gets lost in the country (7)12 Rather badly stained …