murdoch – Gruts

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Jo Cox, MP, R.I.P.

High-brow literary pun alert!

Hacking trial: Coulson guilty, Brooks cleared of charges.

What I did with my free soccer World Cup special copy of ‘The Sun’.

I like Bruce Springsteen, but it took more than ‘Cadillac Ranch’ to bring an end to communism.

Small blogs to be exempt under press regulation plans.

Times survey finds Hebden Bridge to be the coolest place in which to live in Britain.

Pope to resign. Time to focus all of my attention on Murdoch.

via his Twitter feed.

Murdoch steps down from NI boards.

Comment on Book review: ‘To the Lighthouse’ by Virginia Woolf by Geoffrey Kirkman
This is a very overrated book. The characterization is flimsy, the characters uninteresting. The stream of consciousness produces long sentences which are often undecipherable and must be reread several times. Woolf's use of dreamy metaphors is sometimes impressive, but overall I couldn't wait to finish it, just to get it over with.
Comment on That's not what Bob Birrell told us by Ray Reeves
More old Birkenhead School teachers that have somewhow escaped mention: "Twilight" Stephens Turberfield Trewhella Larry Leather "TAP" Pringle Tom Hockton "The Bat"
Comment on That's not what Bob Birrell told us by Evo
Lots of interesting recollections on here. Birkenhead School had a few inspirational teachers but my overriding recollection is that it employed many social misfits (and low level paedophiles) who either disliked young boys or had an unhealthy interest in them…. Pig Holman was quite possibly the most irreligious and emotionally repressed example of humanity. Gwilliam […]