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National Secular Society fights against more tax payers money for Faith Schools
Posted on 2:30pm Saturday 27th June 2009
National Secular Society asks David Cameron to sack Michael Gove, as education spokesman and publicly commit the Conservative Party to the abolition of Faith Schools.
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"Down these means streets a man must go.................."
Posted on 1:10pm Friday 26th June 2009
Raymond Chandler wrote great detective stories about his iconic detective, Philp Marlowe. We can learn from the moral core he described in his flawed hero.
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My very own Duck House
Posted on 1:21pm Thursday 25th June 2009
We decide to buy a Duck House via the internet. Now, it floats on the pond, surrounded by swallows, dragon flies and tadpoles while we await the mallards.
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Pembrokeshire Young Entrepreuners: Madder than bluebottles in a jam jar!
Posted on 5:54pm Wednesday 24th June 2009
The scandal of the shameful treatment of young entrepreuners: the spin continues, but there is no action.
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The more things change, the more they remain the same.
Posted on 7:49pm Tuesday 23rd June 2009
While the self obsessed MPs examine their expenses and attempt positive spin, the young entrepreneurs of Pembrokeshire tell a different story.
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John Wayne: The American hero who never went to war.
Posted on 10:09pm Monday 22nd June 2009
John Wayne, an American icon, demonstrated the kind of coolness under fire in his films which made him an icon to his fans. The courage was never more than play acting and Wayne and his producers knew this.
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My Viking Ancestery - or why I enjoy rowing a kayak
Posted on 8:45pm Sunday 21st June 2009
The history of the Vikings along the West Coast of Britain and why you should examine your palms for evidence of your Viking ancestry
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The Celtic Longboat Experience
Posted on 10:52pm Saturday 20th June 2009
Rowing in the Dinas Head Challenge and the chance meeting which led to this.
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Solving my rat problem
Posted on 5:05pm Friday 19th June 2009
More rats than people - the lethal attentions of cats
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AGE, THE LAST YEAR OF YOUTH AND THE TRUST FUND RATS
Posted on 3:09pm Thursday 18th June 2009
Reflections on age, youth, fame and fortune, and its consequences.
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The Death of Squirrel Nutkin
Posted on 6:35pm Monday 15th June 2009
A small tragedy in Ty Canol Ancient Woods.
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Return of the Pony and Trap
Posted on 3:03pm Wednesday 17th June 2009
Like history come to life I watched eight ponies and traps start out last Saturday
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Denis Watkins retired to Newport, with his wife Daphne, after spending much of his working life in Nottingham. Since moving to Pembrokeshire he has immersed himself in the culture and language of the county. He has learnt Welsh so that he can chat to native Welsh speakers, listen to Radio Cymru and read and write fairly well. His other interests are politics, the environment,walking on the Preselis and the coastal path with his two labradors, rowing, reading biographies and writing.
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