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Monthly Archives: October 2014
SHEDNOTES 19: ANY OTHER BUSINESS
The Shed has proper Shed business to report, following a deep-sea fishing trip, but that will make a blog on its own, so meanwhile we are zipping through Any Other Business in the interest of clearing out our overalls pockets … Continue reading
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Tagged accuracy of weather forecasting, bear grylls, best multitool, Big Fannie Annie, burlesque, Candy Baby Caramelo, chrissie hynde by dean chalkley, hank williams and tom hiddleston, iSatan’s Angel, john thornes birmingham university, joni mitchell, leatherman v gerber, pin-ups, ross clark times, sean o’hagan, Stella Magazine Telegraph, Stephanie Diani, strippers, tallest man on earth, thesweethome.com, Winnetou The Apache, wirecutter.com
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SHEDNOTES 18: ON GREAT CARTOONS
The Shed used to enjoy Punch magazine, partly for the writing but more for the cartoons. Where do all the cartoonists go nowadays? There is surely a vacancy for a magazine or newspaper, online or off, to become the new … Continue reading
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Tagged great cartoons, mike williams, paul crum, pete williams, punch cartoons
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SHEDNOTES 17: ON NATIONAL TYPES
In case The Shed gets a commission to edit The Readers’ Digest, it has filed an enjoyable set of stereotypes sketched by Anthony Peregrine, writing from France as Lerosbif, in Teleg 27.9.14, about how different nationalities behave as tourists. Find … Continue reading
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Tagged American tourists, Anthony Peregrine Telegraph, British tourists, Canadian tourists, Chinese tourists, French tourists, Italian tourists, Japanese tourists, Le Rosbif on tourists, national stereotypes, Scottish tourists, Spanish tourists, tourists in Europe
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SHEDNOTES 16: ON SEX, SCANDAL AND MPs WHO SEXT
The Shed is generally inclined to feel sorry for Brooks Newmark, the MP who resigned after sending a picture of his willy to a male journalist posing as a bit of fluff with the hots for middle-aged Tories. There has … Continue reading
