Category Archives: uk

Political Soundbite of the Day

We don’t do politics very often on 6000 miles…, but we are more than happy to share excellent political soundbites like this one whenever they come along: So all the UK is isolated from is an impending disaster: the eurozone will fragment with countries leaving and debt defaults. It is like being as isolated as [...]

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Exploding wind turbine

The recent wintery weather that has battered Scotland (see these pictures on the BBC News website) led to a wind turbine at the Ardrossan Wind Farm bursting into flames. A small amount of detective work led me to more photos as part of this flickr set. Oooh – I bet Paternoster simply can’t wait!

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Anyone Can Play Guitar

Although of course, it’s not strictly true that anyone can play guitar well. But I was reminded of this vintage Radiohead track this week and felt the need to share:   This was actually my first introduction to Radiohead, on a Parlophone (careful now) cassette tape given to us freshers in our first week at [...]

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Club Statement

  Gary Speed MBE 8 September 1969 – 27 November 2011 Having been away from all radio, internet and cellphone contact this weekend (try it, you might like it), I was hugely shocked and saddened (as I’m sure many others were) to hear of the apparent suicide of Gary Speed – footballer, Wales manager and – [...]

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They’re back…

Ah – the infamous and immortal words of little Heather O’Rourke playing little Carol-Anne in Poltergeist II. But this is far less spooky. The guys from Silent UK are back – but this time, having been caught and prosecuted in the UK, they’ve gone Stateside! For me, the adventures in London were over, my trump [...]

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