Ret’d Navy Commander puts Farage right on ‘small boats’ plan

The above letter appears in The Times on 5th August. It can be understood as the traditional Tory ruling class putting right a challenger. Obviously the politics of the letter writer are not known.…

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Ret’d Navy Commander puts Farage right on ‘small boats’ plan

The above letter appears in The Times on 5th August. It can be understood as the traditional Tory ruling class putting right a challenger. Obviously the politics of the letter writer are not known.…

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Drought & watering the pitch at Lords. The 1976 decision

Drought and watering the pitch at Lords Thames Water which covers the Lords cricket ground has announced a hosepipe ban.The issue of sports grounds was touched on in the Parliamentary debate on the…

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From Badenoch to Farage discover the politics of bins

While August is traditionally known as the silly season there is nothing particularly silly about the right discovering the politics of bins Farage continues his lonely (if extremely suntanned) cam…

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Engels died on 5th August 1895 but had a vigorous if unusual appetite in his last month

Engels died aged 74 on 5th August 1895. His ashes were scattered off Beachy Head. He had cancer but in the last month of his life he still managed a varied and interesting diet, albeit it seems wit…

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Arsene Wenger *did* see Infantino’s plan to franchise the World Cup & opposed it

Former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is now a senior FIFA official. Somewhat belatedly he has come out in opposition to Infantino’s plan to franchise the World Cup (now scrapped, probably). H…

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London Beard Week 2026. Call for review of all statues with beards in the Capital

Beard Liberation Front Media Release 4th August Contact Keith Flett @keithbeard.bsky.social London Beard Week 2026. Call for review of all statues with beards in the Capital The Beard Liberation Fr…

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The Times compares Reform’s Summer 25 with its Summer 26. ‘a small clique with poor judgement’

The Murdoch media continues to underline the issues with Reform and Farage (Editorial 4th August 2026). Farage’s bluster is no longer working as it did a year ago

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The Hundred: halfway through. A brave new world beckons.

The picture is of the Leeds Sunrisers v London Spirit game at Leeds on the evening of Monday 3rd August. There is a decent crowd but certainly not a sell out. Its school holidays so Tuesday is not …

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Times Obituary of Rod Liddle (1960-2026) & Boris Johnson’s eulogy

Times Obituary of Rod Liddle (1960-2026) The Times under the ownership of the Murdochs and the Editorship of Tony Gallagher is hardly (if it ever was) the paper or record. That said it is still goo…

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The Hundred: halfway through. A brave new world beckons.

The picture is of the Leeds Sunrisers v London Spirit game at Leeds on the evening of Monday 3rd August. There is a decent crowd but certainly not a sell out. Its school holidays so Tuesday is not …

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The Times compares Reform’s Summer 25 with its Summer 26. ‘a small clique with poor judgement’

The Murdoch media continues to underline the issues with Reform and Farage (Editorial 4th August 2026). Farage’s bluster is no longer working as it did a year ago

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Marx & Engels summer holidays: The Isle of Wight

Marx & Engels summer holidays: The Isle of Wight The Isle of Wight remains a popular holiday destination in 2026 but it has been visited by holidaymakers since the 1850s, amongst them Marx and …

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Engels to Marx, 4th August 1856 ‘tropical heat which has brought everything to a standstill’

The letter below is not the proof that climate change deniers may be looking for.. The temperature in Manchester on 4th August 1856 was 25C, warm certainly but well below temperatures reached in 20…

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London Beard Week 2026. Call for review of all statues with beards in the Capital

Beard Liberation Front Media Release 4th August Contact Keith Flett @keithbeard.bsky.social London Beard Week 2026. Call for review of all statues with beards in the Capital The Beard Liberation Fr…

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Arsene Wenger *did* see Infantino’s plan to franchise the World Cup & opposed it

Former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is now a senior FIFA official. Somewhat belatedly he has come out in opposition to Infantino’s plan to franchise the World Cup (now scrapped, probably). H…

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Engels to Marx, 4th August 1856 ‘tropical heat which has brought everything to a standstill’

The letter below is not the proof that climate change deniers may be looking for.. The temperature in Manchester on 4th August 1856 was 25C, warm certainly but well below temperatures reached in 20…

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Historians call for review of August Bank Holiday date

London Historians Group Media Release 3rd August Contact Dr Keith Flett keithbeard.bsky.social Historians call for review of August Bank Holiday date The London Socialist Historians Group, whi…

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London Beard Week launches. Promoting Hirsute Style & Beard Power in the Capital

Beard Liberation Front Media Release 3rd August Contact BLF Organiser Keith Flett @keithbeard.bsky.social London Beard Week 2026 Promoting Hirsute Style in the Capital The Beard Liberation Front, t…

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Artists impression of Farage at work on latest ‘small boats’ master plan…

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Mehdi Hasan: Why US media shies away from talking about genocide | Media Confidential

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Artists impression of Farage at work on latest ‘small boats’ master plan…

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Isaac Stephenson (Oxford) on the organisation and politics of gunworkers in England and Belgium, 1886-1914

The generosity of the Society for the Study of Labour History enabled me to conduct research in Belgium and the Netherlands for my MSt (Modern European History) dissertation exploring the impact of…

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