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Olympics ban on trans-athletes is a golden moment for women’s sport
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (206+ words) WHO'D'have thought that in 2026 we are supposed to be grateful for the headline . . . women sport to be kept for women! Well lucky ol'us!' Sharron Davies, the feisty biology believer, tweeted on Friday morning.' Here it is to remind you: But…...
The Lost BBC: What’s My Line?
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (636+ words) At its peak the programme achieved Sunday night audiences of 12million. According to the Daily Mail TV critic Peter Black, it was "the first smash hit of the dawning television era. This is the theme music. It was written by Woolf…...
The posh plot to stick doolally Mullally in Canterbury
6+ day, 21+ hour ago (155+ words) THE BBC presented Sarah Mullally as a ground-breaker in its coverage of her installation as Archbishop of Canterbury. But the real ground-breaker in the Church of England was George Carey, the archbishop that Margaret Thatcher chose in 1990. He described his…...
The Lost BBC: Six-Five Special
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1202+ words) This is the second series of articles about BBC programmes from the 40s and 50s, when the corporation was a much-loved institution broadcasting material the listeners wanted to hear. This time I will be including some early TV shows. You can see…...
Terror worship has become Hollywood's fashionable depravity
2+ week, 2+ day ago (891+ words) WE ALL know that Iran funded and supported terrorism around the world for 47 years. We all know that Qatar did as well. And we all know that Hollywood actors, directors and celebrities represent a depraved and immoral class of people,…...
The Lost BBC: Mrs Dale’s Diary
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1559+ words) THIS programme is celebrated as the first significant radio serial drama. However, the BBC keeps as much information as possible under wraps, and I can't find any details about its origins. Apparently it arrived fully formed on January 5, 1948, on the…...
Lewis Hamilton’s long drive to freedom
3+ week, 1+ day ago (273+ words) LEWIS Hamilton, the esteemed historian, fashion icon and driver of motor cars,has declared: "I'm really hoping that the people that are running those different countries all unite and come together and take Africa back. That's what I want to…...
The Lost BBC: Come Dancing
3+ week, 5+ day ago (828+ words) This is my second series of articles about BBC programmes from the 40s and 50s, when the corporation was a much-loved institution broadcasting material the listeners wanted to hear. This time I will be including some early TV shows. You can see…...
Kenneth Clark's majestic Civilisation series - Part 13, 'Heroic Materialism"
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (451+ words) Kenneth Clark's majestic Civilisation series " Part 13, "Heroic Materialism'conservativewoman.co.uk Kenneth Clark's majestic Civilisation series " Part 13, "Heroic Materialism' THIS final episode of the series is perhaps the most "political' and the most negative; the one in which Clark is the…...
London’s 2026 show celebrates everything but Englishness
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (795+ words) LONDON'S'New Year fireworks bathed the capital in foreign flags, EU nostalgia, and "togetherness' " while Britain's own colours were conspicuously sidelined. There was plenty of Hamas green, Palestinian green, red and white, and the'European Union's blue and yellow.'Flags from around…...