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XMAS PRESENTS FROM CHRISTMAS PAST

The months between the New Year of 1871 and that of 1872 were lived against the backdrop of the Franco- Prussian War (July 1870 – to the Armistice of the following January of 1871) and the building of Royton’s first limited liability cotton spinning mill also of July 1871.
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LANZAROTE LOVES LARRY LIKE LARRY LOVES LANZAROTE

Larry Yaskiel is the author who has published the most pages about Lanzarote in English, reaching readers in the United Kingdom, Ireland, the United States, New Zealand and Australia.

RAGGLE TAGGLE OR NOT SO RAGGLE TAGGLE

‘I hope those who read this book will gain some insight into our culture. Time and space don’t allow me to elaborate further, however enjoy your read and remember, music brings us all together.’

A DRY-CLEANING BILL to remove stain on reputations?

“Impeachment” is at its sharpest about gossip, how it moves and confers power. The most spoken line may be a variation on, “How did you know that?”

IRISH HISTORY: a dance in the reel of the flickering light

as a born and bred Yorkshire man I would unashamedly admit that my first awareness of the history behind the Irish troubles of my generation was gained through music, fictive literature and film.
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WHAT IS GOOD ART? WHAT GOOD IS ART?

Of course, it is not only poetry that academics might have us measure to within an inch of its life.
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we celebrate our 500th Sidetracks and Detours post with TWO GUN TEX FROM TEXAS

Watch With Mother was the catch all title of five separate programmes, shown as one per day on the BBC for pre-school children throughout the week.
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IS ´AFRO-AMERICANA ´ ILL-DEFINED?

even with the most eloquent of writers words fail and are read or heard not at all in the way they were spoken or written or intended.
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MARKET FORCES TO INDICATE RECOVERY

We recognize that to address the challenges that existed previously, and have been exacerbated by covid problems, markets around the world will need both a variety of vendors and committed weekly customers. We may well become ever more thankful if traders are committed to sustainable practices and to providing urban dwellers with freshly harvested and produced food items.
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MUSIC IN A QUIET COURTYARD

Today, these craftsmen therefore included more traditional themes such as folias, tajaraste, drum playing and, being in Lanzarote, could not miss the emblematic zaranda and the isa. Abraham and Juan Sebastián explained in detail, each of the themes they interpreted.