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Defending the indispensable?

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The Friday Music Shuffle (6th March 2026)

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War, children. It’s just a shot away, it’s just a shot away

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From the frontline

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Has The Guardian changed its anti-Labour stance for good?

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It’s world book day

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The cure

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Spring forward

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    Defending the indispensable?

    by Rick Johansen March 7, 2026
    by Rick Johansen March 7, 2026

    By the time you read this, the Soham murderer Ian Huntley may well be dead. He …

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    The Friday Music Shuffle (6th March 2026)

    by Rick Johansen March 6, 2026
    by Rick Johansen March 6, 2026

    Good day, everyone, and welcome to the first shuffle of the spring of 2026. What happens …

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    War, children. It’s just a shot away, it’s just a shot away

    by Rick Johansen March 6, 2026
    by Rick Johansen March 6, 2026

    As you prepare for the weekend, I honestly don’t want to be the one who ruins …

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    From the frontline

    by Rick Johansen March 5, 2026
    by Rick Johansen March 5, 2026

    I know that in many professions, people can become immune, or perhaps semi-detached, from the work …

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    Has The Guardian changed its anti-Labour stance for good?

    by Rick Johansen March 5, 2026
    by Rick Johansen March 5, 2026

    On 14th February 2026, I wrote a blog entitled Sad Sweet Dreamers, which was all about …

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    It’s world book day

    by Rick Johansen March 5, 2026
    by Rick Johansen March 5, 2026

    “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated“, said the legendary author Mark Twain, after it …

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    The cure

    by Rick Johansen March 4, 2026
    by Rick Johansen March 4, 2026

    I’ve had a bit of good news in recent weeks. I’m likely to live longer than …

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    Spring forward

    by Rick Johansen March 4, 2026
    by Rick Johansen March 4, 2026

    Somewhere, in the back catalogue of 6589 blogs, I am pretty sure there will be one …

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    Trespassers on the tracks

    by Rick Johansen March 3, 2026
    by Rick Johansen March 3, 2026

    I saw something I’d rather not have seen this morning. But as will soon become clear, …

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    Holidays in the sun

    by Rick Johansen March 3, 2026
    by Rick Johansen March 3, 2026

    As we march at pace to a third World War, the media makes clear its own …

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