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Out of the Hat

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The final, happy action from 2018’s Clapham Book Festival was to draw the name of the lucky winner of our prize raffle. Many of the management committee gathered, most appropriately, at The Windmill on the Common last Wednesday evening to … Continue reading

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Governmental Response… a play in one act

Dramatis personae Asif, a young, inexperienced Grade 7 who has drawn the short straw of drafting replies to governmental petitioners. Sir Peter, his boss, an older Senior Civil Servant. Scene; The Department for Exiting the European Union Asif; (knocks on … Continue reading

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The Dark Arts of Advertising

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Advertising (noun) – the activity or profession of producing marketing communications to promote or sell products, services or ideas. There is nothing new about advertising – public ads have been found in Ancient Rome and Pompeii, in Ancient Greece and … Continue reading

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The Clock is Ticking….

…but for whom? For the self-styled ‘Bad Boys of Brexit’? Certainly, as the DCMS select committee publishes its first report (another follows in the Autumn ) and finds that the source of the funds Aaron Banks pumped into the leave … Continue reading

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Frida Kahlo

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The V & A’s summer exhibition is not a large one and it has received mixed reviews since it opened earlier this month. Last week I went along to see for myself. My knowledge of Frida Kahlo was limited – … Continue reading