Monthly Archives: June 2015
SHEDNOTES 135: Find a newspaper for a date
add to the filofacts under – newspaper & picture archives the filofacts is The Shed’s library project – see more of it at https://hack4hire.wordpress.com/category/the-filofacts/ tags: advice for bloggers, news and picture archives, find newspaper day born, computeractive, ukpressonline, south eastern … Continue reading
SHEDNOTES 134: Elvis exclusive
The Shed does keep meaning to go more multimedia and is getting in a little practice by uploading the original pressing of One Night Of Sin, the anguished blues which the Elvis machine later turned into One Night With You. … Continue reading
SHEDNOTES 133: More evidence for never believing anything
The Shed was interested to read a good follow-up by the Guardian’s chief US reporter, Ed Pilkington, to his earlier reports on the “almighty mess” being discovered in the justice system in the wake of successful appeals by innocent men, … Continue reading
SHEDNOTES 132: The mechanics of drink, part 232
The Shed is always interested in documentary material on drink and read most of the Guardian Magazine’s condensed version of the honest and well-written confessions of Sarah Hepola, a pretty Texan woman who used it as the fuel and the … Continue reading
SHEDNOTES 131: Richard Desmond: towering tycoon or big tit?
Marina Hyde argued strongly for the latter verdict, reviewing Desmond’s autobiography at http://tinyurl.com/p2y55qu/ Highlights … In the end, I like Richard best on other businessmen. You know the sort of thing from the movies – even when they’re fighting, they’re … Continue reading
SHEDNOTES 130: For the Filofacts – Films
Inspired by a good in-flight discovery, Robbie Collins, Telegraph, 13.6.15, offered a list of “Best Films You Won’t See In Cinemas”, plus a few which have previously been saved because they were “discovered at home”.. ** Beyond the Lights Gugu … Continue reading
SHEDNOTES 129: Add Filofacts – Quotes
The Week magazine’s Wit & Wisdom column, compiling best quotes quoted elsewhere in newspapers in recent days, is a good resource, if you can get at it. The June 20 edition included … Irreverence is a greater oaf than superstition. … Continue reading
SHEDNOTES 128: Thanks to Frank …
Frankie Boyle seems to have dropped out of favour as a comedian but he is getting some commissions for writing and The Shed enjoyed some of his observations (Guardian) on the Labour leadership situation, such as … ** Jeremy Corbyn … Continue reading
SHEDNOTES 127: File under Quotes – Nancy Banks Smith On Sheds
The Shed has a small but sincere Nancy Banks Smith archive and naturally wants to add the following to it, from a review of The Archers at http://tinyurl.com/psk2j8o/ Mike, the one-eyed milkman, is clearing out his garden shed. He is … Continue reading
SHEDNOTES 126: The best of Last and other playlist tips
The following recommendations are filed here in the course of a weed-out of cuttings … ** Some James Last, believe it or not, on the grounds of the obituary piece abridged below from the original by Alexis Petridis at http://tinyurl.com/pd29k5k/ … Continue reading
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