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Aww, no. Another one gone. Best gig I ever went to was seeing Roy Ayers at Ronnie Scott's club in London thirty odd years ago. Roy was fantastic. And Ronnie, as the MC and raconteur on the night, was his usual hilarious self. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

submitted 113 days ago • 0 comments

"The most striking aspect to Trump's crypto reserve and the scrapping of anti-money laundering rules, which together amount to a global charter for criminals, is that he's making no effort to dress them up. This pig has no lipstick." My column. on.ft.com/43kiBOu

submitted 115 days ago • 45 comments

Every accusation is an intention.

submitted 117 days ago • 486 comments

What a refreshing FA Cup quarter final draw. Vitality!

submitted 117 days ago • 0 comments

The Institute of Egregious Arseholes (IEA)

submitted 117 days ago • 1 comment

Hmmm - people are living longer than expected? Not so much in the US. Their profit-motive-based health system costs far more than anywhere else. And for what? A poor level of life expectancy given the wealth of the country. I wonder where all that profit and wealth ends up? 🤔

submitted 117 days ago • 0 comments

Gwen McCrae, Roberta Flack, and now Angie Stone 😪 It's been a tough week or so. Thank you for the music, ladies 🙏 youtu.be/9PWz-NubVpM?...

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On 15 March 1939 Hitler and his deputy summoned the Czech President to Hitler’s residence in Berlin and then bullied him to submitting to a German invasion of his country. They drove him to the point of physical collapse, threatening him until he eventually signed his country’s death warrant.

submitted 119 days ago • 53 comments

Everyone needs respite from the madness for a couple of hours. Do yourself a favour. Go see this. At a cinema. With good sound. It put a great big smile on my face.

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