Flaneur and quietly pessimistic homebrewer.
A Subtopian cliché
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My son is refereeing local Auckland rugby, because he loves the game. The newbies wear a jersey that says "FIRST YEAR REFEREE". Last week he looked after an under 15s outer suburban high school game. Abused by ADULT coaches, including one who crossed the sideline (illegal) and walked over to the kicking tee to abuse him.
It was all he thought about all week.
Do they want kids to referee? And what example is being set to the players here? Grow up people.
Dave Evans retweeted
Reflections on what makes my hometown, and the constituency that Andy Burnham is standing in, slightly different
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Dave Evans retweeted
New blog from me. A plea to understand Wigan on its own terms rather than viewing it merely as an extension of somewhere else.
Andy Burnham is running to be MP in the Makerfield constituency in the town of Wigan. This just happens to be where I grew up. So I decided to write about my home-town and what makes it slightly different.
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That's a conundrum. Obviously Hume never had to set up a direct debit. He'd have chuckled at that one.
Are causality, necessity, and value real features of the objective world? Or merely projections of the human mind, as Hume argued? “Nagel on Stroud on the possibility of metaphysics,” over at the blog: edwardfeser.blogspot.com/202…
Was Alan (AJP) Taylor ever in the same room as Jacob Bronowski, because they are the spitting image of each other. Perhaps Dylan Thomas could have told me.
Arrive at @hawsheadtap to find the shutters down and to be told by one of the brewers that it's been permanently closed and the staff made redundant by Halewood
Dave Evans retweeted
Our Pub of the Season for Spring 2024 is The Delph Tavern at Tontine, between Orrell and Up Holland. This is a great real ale pub for the local community and for visitors alike, and this award is greatly deserved. All the best to all involved from all at Wigan CAMRA
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An emotional Denis Healey recalls his experiences during the Second World War, including his response to the (outrageous) allegation that those fighting in Italy, as he was, were ‘D-Day dodgers’.
‘I’m sorry, you see, there it goes! I’m afraid I get too moved by these things…’
Old beer price lists are always fascinating. This from the Rainbow Bar, Blackpool Tower in 1971. Just after decimalisation. – at Higher End, England
ALT Blackpool entertainment
ALT Blackpool wines and spirits prices
ALT Blackpool beer list with prices
ALT Tower/Winter Gardens prices
