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Book: Road to Suez - Battle of the Canal Zone | Current research: technique & etiquette of informal empire in Egypt | ODNB: ME rulers, colonial officials & diplomats, punk & post-punk moguls and musicians
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Scattered across the last 13 years is a body of work which is as good as anyone’s. And NFR is a standout album in that period. Her delivery on White Dress reminds me of Nick Cave.
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Niall Ferguson comes to mind
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The irony is that the IWM closed for a year or so for major refit prior to 1914 centenary. As part of this, the museum lost its post-1945 conflicts section just as historians were more inclined to emphasise impact of these small wars.
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Only so much you can do, then rely on threat of disciplinary action
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Very good point. Yondre phone pouches (as used at Dylan gigs) might be way forward. Any student then found to have a second phone could then be assumed to be engaging in academic misconduct.
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These tracks are as good as any Radiohead. Complied this best of ready for seeing the Hamlet performance in Stratford next week.
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www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1...
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1954 was, of course, year Nasser got rid of Neguib as president of military regime. This other guide book from same year has yet to catch up.
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Here’s an ad from a guide book from 1954, plus map showing location (d4).
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Fantastic - my friends and me are all in! Thanks for sharing
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Great gig, esp Si Firmi O Grido at the end.
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Good to see Bluesky a Dance to the Music of Time sort of place. I’d add the Rabbit and Bascombe novels, plus Smiley… and peak Amis (Money and London Fields). Pretty much anything by Penelope Lively as well.
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No accounting for taste, but my son’s suggestion that we do something Spider-Man related proved far more popular than visiting the site of a formative New Order concert.
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Very interesting. I’m presuming no love lost!
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The relative prominence of Godley (the Cassandra of the Fens) and Cripps mirrors, to a certain extent, the prominence of Barnett and Wiener- declinism from both left and right.
Fascinating article.
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Caught my eye because after the Egyptian defeat great blame internally was placed on dodgy arms deals and obsolescent kit, with Spitfires being specifically mentioned. I liked the bit about the Egyptians keeping an eye on Abdullah.
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One wonders at the bombing capacity of Egyptian Spitfires.
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Band history, 1993
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Press photos circa 1994, plus Cut Your Hair press release, 31 Jan 94. Quite the coup for Big Cat to release Pavement’s records in the UK.
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Love Jason’s work with St Vincent.
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m.youtube.com/watch?v=znrl...
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Indeed. But might the presentation of this data be more about the confirmation bias of the NYT? Canadians might well be seen as the canary in the coal mine.
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Passing the 11-plus. Sevenoaks. Lawrence Gowing. A paean to the Honda Cub and The Fenton. Rubbing shoulders with The Ruts, Julio Iglesias & Steve Harley. Eddie Reader’s father. Morrisons (the change will do you good). Hugo Burnham- the good guy; Dave Allen- the outsider; Andy Gill- it’s complicated…
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m.youtube.com/watch?v=p4VP...