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The Ambridge Socialist 16th August What BBC reports from Ambridge are missing The Archers is recorded weeks in advance but there has been a heatwave since June. So far little or no mention of: Climate Change Drought Poor crop yields Wildfires Veg Boxes David decides Sgt Burns has put Monty in the frame for the [ ]
Peter Jukes has analysed the media pile on that took place before and indeed on the day of the tragic death of Jason Arday. A key conclusion is below One honest finding up front: this was not a red-top phenomenon. The Mirror ran two pieces and the Daily Star one; the BBC and Sky covered [ ]
The tournament director of The Hundred which concludes at Lords on 16th August Vikram Banerjee is on record as saying that the newly franchised business is now second only to the Indian Premier League in terms of short form leagues. Anyone who has watched the IPL will know that the bottom line KPI are the [ ]
The Spectator edited by Michael Gove is Reform friendly but not 100% so. Below is an extract from a report by Madeline Grant (14th August) with a rare account of what was going on at Farage Fest, a festival at an airfield near Harwich in Essex. Its 25 minutes drive away from Clacton. Farage was [ ]
Tuesday 16th August 1977 ‘Little bit of sunshine. Went shopping. The rabbit died’ Tony Benn Diaries
Engels was not a cricket fan, but as the letter below underlines he was aware of Lords (he lived quite nearby in Regents Park Rd) and of cricket. He mentions both in a matter of fact way. Sam Moore was the US translator of Marx s Capital into English. The scorecard from that day s cricket featured [ ]
August 1848: Chartists meet daily to plan an armed rising in central London It’s a largely forgotten part of London’s radical history. Frustrated by peaceful attempts to secure the vote, sections of London Chartism decided to try an armed rising instead. There had been a gradual move towards militant action after the failure of the [ ]
Farage addresses Farage Fest in a field near Clacton in the early hours of Friday morning Everyone in England and Wales received a mobile phone alert about wild fires on Friday evening. Some Councils had already issue warnings including Tendring in Essex, which covers Clacton Farage did not attend the Count for the By-Election he [ ]
Nigel Farage won the Clacton By-Election on Friday morning. The result was announced at 6.30am. He was not there. As often with Farage there were several explanations. He claimed he didn t want to share the stage with nobodies . But then he also claimed there was a, not detailed, security issue. The police did not agree. [ ]