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In relation to "Rule Britannia is out of bounds, to my mother and dogs and clowns", is what I meant by family and home being the only real refuge.

Having said all that, were Charlotte Bronte (umlaut key I would press if I knew where it was) to somehow miraculously return to our modern world, and see this excellent movie, she would be utterly amazed. I wonder if she really knew back in the 1850s that she wrote an absolute gem. A book to comf...

In '83 in UK there were only 3 tv channels. This was my first glimpse of Australia then. A pop video that resembles a travel clip, and superbly shows aboriginal artwork. The song and the video complement each other. The song speaks of a precipice that is never far, but that love can help you to c...

The film was good. If you did not know the book the beginning of the film, however, could leave a person not appreciating the potentially calamitous position of Jane. One of the memorable bits in the book is of Jane, having run away from Rochester, careering from house to house looking for someth...

If there were ever some kind of stage musical made about the Berlin Wall, and I think it is fertile ground for one, then this song would be splendid in it: when two lovers meet under the shadow of the Berlin Wall, for example. The hybrid English/German song Bowie did is also very striking. Bowie...

Radio Africa has a really hazy, nostalgic feel to it. In sub-Saharan Africa you can smell the earth, and this song, with its pacing, horns and beat, takes me straight there. The "I'm hearing only..." refrain speaks of despair but the word "Radio" is an SOS, and despair is mixed with hope. Since 1...

In 1941, the LUFTWAFFE could not destroy the spirit of Londoners. Neither will the THUGWAFFE destroy their spirit in 2011 and beyond. What would Dickens, Orwell, fine London residents think of this. Oliver Twist was created because Dickens could see how innocence and goodness could exist in a...

STOP-AND-SEARCH, A POLICE TACTIC, A PROBLEM? We see young guys conduct their own version: a burly chap pulls up an innocent-looking, injured youth, and, seemingly, asks him if he is ok and whether he and his chums could take a look at the contents of his bag and pockets. They then proceed to help...

STOP-AND-SEARCH, A POLICE TACTIC, A PROBLEM? We see youngsters conduct their own version: A burly chap pulls up a young, injured, defenceless boy and, seemingly, asks him if he is ok and whether he and his chums could have a look at the contents of his bag and pockets. They then proceed to help t...

STOP-AND-SEARCH, A POLICE TACTIC, A PROBLEM? Here youngsters conduct their own version: An injured, defenceless youth is pulled up by a burly chap, who then seemingly asks him if he is ok and whether he would mind if he and his chums could have a look at the contents of his bag and pockets. They ...

The LUFTWAFFE, in 1941, could not break the spirit of Londoners. Neither will the THUGWAFFE break the spirit of true Londoners, in 2011 and beyond.

Who says stop-and-search, a police tactic, is a problem? Here we see a young, defenceless man being pulled up by a burlier chap who, seemingly, asks if he is ok and if he would mind if he and his chums could have a brief look at the contents of his rucksack. They then proceed to help themselves t...

In 1941, the LUFTWAFFE could not break the spirit of Londoners. Neither will the THUGWAFFE break their spirit in 2011.

What was great about the crazy world of Top of the Pops in the 1970s and early 1980s was that the channel it was on (BBC1) was only one of three channels available to watch: good old analog terrestrial tv. That means that when your favourite band was on you knew that there was a good chance that ...

"Is there life on Mars?": The sensitive young girl sung about must be singing this line louder these days. The mostly wretched commentary there is online means this video-song, forty years ahead of its time, parodies perfectly the self-obsessed youth of today, except "the girl with the mousy hair...

This is one of the funniest clips I have ever seen: lighten up people. I feel sorry for Obama that the queen did not turn to him to clink glasses, but she is a stickler for protocol. Obama grimaced here, but the egg is on the faces of the establishment figures. The music served to highlight their...

this is a great song It reminds me of Bowie's Absolute Beginners which also came out round the same time. Both songs have a real driving beat to them even though they are slowish love songs.