Nowadays few will remember the dance craze made popular by Chubby Checker based on moves likened to drying one’s back...
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I CAN’T GET STARTED – Bunny Berigan 1937
“I CAN’T GET STARTED – Bunny Berigan 1937”.
I woke up this morning feeling the blues
Yet there are antidotes for the blues. Sunrise and sunset (left), the dawn chorus, all-embracing music, the beauty of storytelling...
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Theatre of the absurd
If some behaviour at the just-ended UN General Assembly was theatre of the absurd ... make no mistake, it's not...
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Moses the Masai Warrior
To escape from woeful international news there's been the week's World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. It throws up this...
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A picture tells 1,000 words
This old saying saves people like me trying to explain it and getting dragged into a snake pit of debate....
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Peace, a faraway place
It was a clever plan. The warring sides could meet for peace talks on a train straddling the border. The...
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The blanket principle
"I would rather be cold under one blanket than warm under 10 blankets owned by the Anglo American Corporation."...
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A blast from the past. Don’t miss it
It's just days away on Saturday Aug 2. Get your diary out and make a plan. It'll be worth it....
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Anyone for tennis?
Two of them were betting on the Wimbledon final. The one whose barks and yelps favoured Jannik Sinner won...
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Money doesn’t grow on trees …
Money doesn't grow on trees but there's plenty of it to be found beneath and beyond. There are risks in...
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