Jazz Fusion fan and reviewer for @LondonJazz. Civil servant. Runs @DeightonDossier website; operated @LDNJazzMeetup for 16 years until 2024
Joined June 2009
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schopenhauer was correct
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Jun 6
So the Lord's pitch has now disintegrated to the point it is no longer fit to play test match cricket. We hear a lot about the decline and collapse of western civilisation. Surely this is the tipping point. Our generation's Fall of Khartoum.
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I guess I was just raised right.
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May 26
The Champions League was created so that the same teams (Real Madrid Barcelona Bayern etc.) could stay at the top for 30 years and more
Because of that, there are fully grown adults who can’t understand that Vojvodina and Dukla Prague were once amongst the best teams in Europe
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May 27
“All the Ships of the British Navy - The World’s Most Formidable Fleet” Coloured version of a poster in The Daily Telegraph showing all the ships in the Royal Navy (1938)
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May 22
Is there a way broadcasters could introduce a Red Button "Retro Option" of World Cup coverage going forward. Slightly dodgy picture. Commentary that sounds a bit underwater. It's a big part of what used to make these major tournaments seem so special.
Mar 29
ITV World Cup….LIVE
June 1978
5:30-7:45pm
Group 1
Bernard Lacombe scores after 31 seconds for France against Italy in Mar Del Plata.
The now 6th fastest World Cup goal of all time.
Commentator Gerry Harrison
#France #WorldCup
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May 20
Good piece! Re portraying the Soviet Union as "the aggressor" - if anything I think conventional history tends to downplay the extent to which the USSR was the co-aggressor early in WWII (the invasion of Poland). How many people know about the joint German-Soviet victory parade?
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Glad I seen this.
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May 16
We are all Hearts fans today.
Everyone passionate about sport, who believes in winning on merit without cheating, will be hoping today that the cheaters don’t prevail.
Either way, Hearts are the true champions. The world knows it.
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“If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses”
— Henry Ford
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“Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.”
-Napoleon Bonaparte
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May 8
William Blake was making 80’s metal album cover art way back in the 1700s.
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May 8
Positively tingling with anticipation about @hoyer_kat new book, which I've just received
1933-45 in Germany only makes sense when you understand 1919-33
I'm sure this will throw up plenty of surprises
#Weimar
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May 6
Karl Popper, he was right
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Cat still in original package
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"Beauty is an ultimate value—something that we pursue for its own sake, and for the pursuit of which no further reason need be given. Beauty should therefore be compared to truth and goodness, one member of a trio of ultimate values which justify our rational inclinations."
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