The full title of this book is Statement and Correspondence Consequent on the Ill-Treatment of Lady de la Beche by Colonel Henry Wyndham, edited by Anne Auriol. Lady de la Beche was born Letitia Whyte, the daughter of my great-great-uncle Charles Whyte, in 1801. The editor is her mother, born Anna Ross-Lewin; after Charles Whyte's early death in 1803, aged 26, Letitia and her brother Charles (and possibly also a sister) were brought up as Protestants by her mother and her new (and much older) stepfather, John Lewis Auriol (recently returned from 30 years in India). That entire side of ...
It is looking good here. First dose vaccination rates are close to 100% and most people who have been offered second dose have taken it up. There have been no reported cases of Covid-19 in Ludlow for twelve weeks. Over the last seven days, 29 cases have been reported in Shropshire and 69 in Telford & Wrekin. Compare that to the first seven days of February, when there were 613 reported cases in Shropshire and 462 in Telford & Wrekin. The wider picture is less settling. The Delta variant is spreading rapidly in urban areas though it is not as ...
Liverpool's Lib Dem Councillors are demanding that the Council publishes details of all known collisions involving Voi Scooters which are operated by the Council on behalf of the City Region. This is now probably the biggest single issue which is ... Continue reading →
Responding to the announcement that G7 finance ministers have endorsed a unified stance on corporation tax, Liberal Democrats Treasury Spokesperson Christine Jardine MP said: "This is a long-overdue step towards tackling tax avoidance by some of the most profitable companies in the world. "It is crucial we push ahead with these steps in order to prevent tech giants exploiting loopholes in our tax system, and these changes must be embraced by the G20, OECD and the rest of the international community. "This Government did nothing to tax the excess profits made by large corporations that benefited from the pandemic. They ...
Sat, 12:56: RT @Bedo76: People say "you're autistic? Does that mean you take everything literally?" And I'm like "nah, that's kleptomaniacs" Sat, 14:48: RT @hayward_katy: UKG "figures show that [UK-AUS] deal wd, at best, only increase exports to Australia by some 7% & add 0.01% to GDP (about... Sat, 15:04: Just won a Religious Victory on the Large Continents map of Civ 6. Pulling in more than 500 religion points per turn by the end. https://t.co/MMjIL2f9Kc Sat, 16:05: RT @smdiehl: Let's talk about why cryptocurrency is the single factor that created the ransomware plague that is ravaging our healthcare sy... ...
Choosing No Secrets one Sunday, I blogged: I suppose if there were an event for albums by females singer-songwriters released in 1971, Carly Simon would win bronze while Joni Mitchell and Carole King disputed gold and silver for Blue and Tapestry respectively. What is remarkable is that Blue and Tapestry were recorded at the same time in neighbouring studios - the same piano appears on both records. It's Too Late is the best known track from Tapestry and gave Carole King her only US number one as a performer. Fifty years on, it still sounds great.
If there was one upside of the pandemic it was that all the UK's governments started to address the homeless crisis that has beset this country for some time. Ministers realised that having people living rough or sofa surfing would just exacerbate infection rates and put lives at risk. I don't suppose it occurred to many of them that the life expectancy of a homeless person is much shorter than the average and that would have been a good reason to do somethng earlier, including initiating the sort of investment in tackling homelessness that was prompted by lockdown. Unfortunately, not ...
i) births and deaths 6 June 2020: death of Malcolm Terris, who played Etnin in The Dominators (Second Doctor, 1968) and the Co-pilot in The Horns of Nimon (Fourth Doctor, 1980) ii) broadcast anniversaries 6 June 1965: broadcast of "The Bride of Sacrifice", third episode of the story we now call The Aztecs. The Doctor gets engaged to Cameca. 6 June 1970: broadcast of fifth episode of Inferno. Now that the parallel Earth's crust has been penetrated, earthquakes are felt everywhere, and the Primords mass to attack. 6 June 2003: webcast of sixth episode of Shada. The Doctor and Romana ...
Forget about the Iranian presidential elections on 18 June. Actually don't completely dismiss them. They do have some importance. The key one being how many actually turn out to vote. If the figure is low—as expected—then the regime knows that it is in trouble. Voters who believe voting is a pointless exercise are more likely to take to the streets. And it really is pointless. To be a candidate in the Iranian presidential elections you have to be vetted and approved by the Assembly of Experts and Guardian Council who are dominated by conservative religious figures. Out of the estimated ...
