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Castle Pillock 9

By airyfairy on Mon, 08 Feb 2016

Castle Pillock is turning off the telly. Possibly.

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Castle Pillock 8

By airyfairy on Sat, 19 Sep 2015

The Sherriff of Nottingham is busking for his supper.

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The Theory of Demons (IP)

By airyfairy on Wed, 09 Sep 2015

When the object of your fear is your child.

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Castle Pillock 7

By airyfairy on Wed, 09 Sep 2015

Radio Gaga: The Dowager has a birthday, God moves in mysterious ways, and we remember Blueberry Hill.

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Pick of the Day

Posted on Thu, 27 Jun 2024

This clever and mesmerising poem is our Facebook and X Pick of the Day! Please do share if you enjoy it too.

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At last, something that makes

Posted on Thu, 27 Jun 2024

At last, something that makes sense of the whole damn fiasco! Thank you, Paul.

Each day I think we must have reached the summit of plonkerdom, and each day a new peak appears.

I have to disagree with celtic - after the Biden-Trump...

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Pick of the Day

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Each day is a victory...and a mountain to climb. This brilliant poem is our Facebook and X Pick of the Day. Please do share.

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Yes, we are, we are indeed.

Posted on Fri, 21 Jun 2024

Yes, we are, we are indeed. And the worst of us are almost certain to make that leap into the unknown, and all I hope is that when they get wherever they're going they meet the same fate as the human space travellers in 'Don't Look Up'. (If you...

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I think we can all sympathise

Posted on Sat, 22 Jun 2024

I think we can all sympathise with Alfred's question. Justice and respect seem fairly basic things to desire - as you say, who would think they could be so difficult!

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Thank you for posting this,

Posted on Sat, 22 Jun 2024

Thank you for posting this, Di, definitely one from the heart. It is so sad when young people feel a vote is worthless and they have no investment in democracy. It is very true that many people feel the climate crisis is something vague in the...

Posted in "For, being green, there is great hope" (quote from Shakespeare's HENRY VI PART 2, ACT 3 SCENE 1)

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Thanks, Ewan. It certainly is

Posted on Wed, 19 Jun 2024

Thanks, Ewan. It certainly is blame the other. I had a conversation with someone the other day who thinks minimum wage is the problem. It's too high, apparently. Destroying businesses. The boats too, of course, destroying everything else, but...

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Pick of the Day

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I don't like flying either,

Posted on Sun, 16 Jun 2024

I don't like flying either, but it's worth it to get to Malta. Beautiful place. It's donkey's years since I went but I have very fond memories.

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Frank Zappa. You can't go

Posted on Tue, 18 Jun 2024

Frank Zappa. You can't go wrong. Well, not often.

Our two 'Spoons are called the Punchbowl and the Postern Gate. Both of which, despite their ancient and highly respectable origins, seem to sum up Saturday night in our fair city. Punching...