Leigh, Ehi and Rodney are off round the world daily! We even have a song about FAKE FAKE NEWS! Come and take AN HONEST trip with us! Ehi E Ekhator’s publication, the Standard Gazette https://tstga.com/ has joined forces with the leighgbankspreservationsociety /https://leighgbankspreservationsociety.blog in a major collaboration including https://airtv.international/ to bring intelligent news, features and broadcasts… Continue reading THE POWER OF REAL MEDIA …
Report claims shame of the ‘£40m equity in UK’s foster children’
A major investigation claims to have discovered a number of commercial fostering agencies made more than £40 million in profits over a year, often with the support of the UK’s ‘ghost’ family courts and shadowy social workers. Coun Anntoinette Bramble, chair of the Local Government Association’s Children and Young People Board, said: “A recent government… Continue reading Report claims shame of the ‘£40m equity in UK’s foster children’
Dylan is my musical god – but, my God, some of his shows haven’t been music to anyone’s ears. Or have they?
Could this be Dylan’s lost show? The Hammersmith Odeon 2004? We know that the Never Ending Tour hit Finsbury Park in London that year and His Royal Bobness played an almost completely oldies show. The set-list included Down Along the Cove, Maggie’s Farm and It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue And that year many said… Continue reading Dylan is my musical god – but, my God, some of his shows haven’t been music to anyone’s ears. Or have they?
Is the world returning to tribalism? Leigh and Rodney discuss…
As the world reels under Covid-19, anarchists are bugged by wearing masks and we all get snotty about Cummings comings and goings – has Boris caught a cold because of him? In fact has the media been infected by political dishonesty and misleading conspiracy theories? Come on everybody! Cough! Tell is the truth! Postcard is… Continue reading Is the world returning to tribalism? Leigh and Rodney discuss…
THIS PROPERTY IS CONDEMNED – a true-life story of terror and possession
Andrea Martin-Banks writes about her and her husband’s experiences in their home in the middle of nowhere: I CAN HEAR the clock tick. I have never been so afraid in all my life. The house has been like this for more than a week now, ever since we got permission to knock it down. And… Continue reading THIS PROPERTY IS CONDEMNED – a true-life story of terror and possession
Hillsborough lawmen innocent as it is revealed UK public inquiries don’t have to be honest
Two retired police officers and a solicitor accused of perverting the course of justice following the Hillsborough disaster have no case to answer. Retired South Yorkshire police officers Donald Denton, aged 83, Alan Foster, aged 74, and force’s former solicitor Peter Metcalf, aged 71, were acquitted. Expert witness Sir Robert Francis QC had told the… Continue reading Hillsborough lawmen innocent as it is revealed UK public inquiries don’t have to be honest
Floyd remembered by Dylan and a young Slovak girl a year after the Chauvin horror
It’s a year since George Floyd was murdered by Minneapolis ‘night’ cop Derek Chauvin. His death sparked global protests, words of shock and sadness from Bob Dylan and this dramatic picture from a young girl in Slovakia. Now, Floyd’s name echoes across the world as a symbol of the fight for racial equality. And police… Continue reading Floyd remembered by Dylan and a young Slovak girl a year after the Chauvin horror
How Covid is closing the book on democracy … we meet a man ‘on the street’
Trust in our leaders and the media has been choked by Covid-19 and – at the time of writing this – we have been under house arrest by our government for almost 450 days. The ordinary citizen – no longer on the street – believes they are being misled by those in power. And those… Continue reading How Covid is closing the book on democracy … we meet a man ‘on the street’
Watch! Is this just one reason Birthday Bob is one of the world’s greatest singers?
Watch the video at the end of this article…. tell us what you think! A few years ago I worked in radio and had a couple of music shows. In each one I had a joke section where, to great applause, I would introduce: “THE WOOOOORLDDD’S WORSSSST SSSSSINNGERRRR!” Then we’d play a Bob Dylan song… Continue reading Watch! Is this just one reason Birthday Bob is one of the world’s greatest singers?
Keep on going ’til the wheels fall off and burn’ Bob Dylan…
Scroll down for a series of celebratory stories… Yep, happy 80th to Bob, one of the few true geniuses to set the world on fire over two centuries. In so many ways he’s been a road map through my own piling-up decades … a guide to lifestyle, success, failure, ambitions, creativity, hopes and dreams. As… Continue reading Keep on going ’til the wheels fall off and burn’ Bob Dylan…