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Inforrm reported on a large number of defamation cases from around the world in 2023. Following a now established tradition, with my widely read posts on 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 defamation cases, …

London North Eastern Railway 1950 Brake Corridor Third E1866 (GOLD)Vacuum leak testing has continued, with the coach split into two halves to hunt down the annoying leaks in the main steel vacuum pipe that runs …

This 1969 Ballantine edition of Clarke's celebrated 1953 novel is a curio. The cover art (the artist is uncredited, but may have been Dean Ellis) has taken the actual subject of the book—the coming of …

1988, 1989, and 1990 were some of the best years for action figures in the vintage G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero line. I know there are quite a few "fans" who seem to have …

Perfume PosseVolupté by Oscar de la Renta Heya Posse. A bottle that has been in the wardrobe for years and I rediscovered while looking for something else is Volupté by Oscar de la Renta. It’s …

BOUGHT:Dracula Book 1: The Impaler (Orlok Press) I'll be the first to admit that I don't understand Kickstarter, and how it works in today's comic book publishing field. I mean, the concept of creators crowd-funding …

Bad Books for Bad People, Episode 79: The Shadow on the GlassOutside of your hosts’ beloved Warhammer 40k novels, can tie-in game fiction be good? Jack and Kate aim to find out by discussing The …

I came to radical politics too late to see Paul Foot's contribution to the fight for socialism and against injustice in person. By the time I joined the SWP in the early 1990s, Paul Foot …

For a few years now I've been using leger stems for my eel fishing. I know full well that when the line is tightened they don't stand upright, but once the line is out of …

Anyone remember Carl Grayson? Born in Canton, Ohio to Swiss and German Immigrants, his name at birth was Carl Frederick Graub. At the age of 5, he suffered a serious injury when he fell on …

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Tom Blyth, a long-term member of the Mathematics department in St Andrews, died in May this year at the age of 85. Last week, I spotted the Head of Department talking to a woman carrying …

Tuesday She shouts “Ooooiiii!” But it’s not the sound that makes his head turn, it’s her hand on his arm as she drags him back to stop him getting hit by a cyclist. With headphones …