The Red Queen: 368 pages of Chip-Shop Debs lore. Every pint of snakebite covered. Every shag in a Fiesta XR2 detailed. Every rave relived. Treat yourself to 20 Lambert & Butlers, order a battered spam fritter from the chippy, and dive deep into the ''Red Queen''.

Its not just vape shops, its barbers, nail bars and nearly every restaurant you see in run down areas. Amazing how it took you so long to grow suspicious. However without this black market the high streets would be empty.

Scunthorpe Grangemouth Port Talbot North Sea oil licences Cancellation of shale gas Cancellation of Cumbrian mining It ALL comes back to this man and his disastrous Climate Change Act of 2008. Miliband - the son of two Polish Marxists is on a mission to destabilise our nation.

I'm so excited for this! I've preordered mine aleady 🙂

Safeway supermarket in 1965

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VE Day street celebrations in Gateshead, 1945. Beautifully remastered in colour. #VEDay80

The brilliant Matt Cartoons nails it yet again.

I reckon that the Victorians would have completed HS2 by now. I’m serious.

Thoroughly enjoyed giving yesterday's talk about Prince Rupert alongside the The Sealed Knot's excellent event to commemorate Marston Moor. Thanks to everyone who came along, and to Long Marston Village Hall for hosting. The Sealed Knot's next re-enactment event will be at

Five years ago I recorded the first #CavalierCast podcast episode! Though there's been a short interlude after 41 episodes, I'm recording with a number of special guests for the next batch.

Wow. She’s thick as mince.

NEWS ALERT: 🇬🇧 In West London, the historic St. Mark’s Church has been destroyed in a fire. Built in 1846–47, the Grade II Victorian-era church was completely lost to the flames.

Gerry Book Lover jamielear Gary Penny Parker Maureen Turner Jenny New book, thought you might like to know if you hadn't seen! x

Tower Hamlets, Wentworth Street, 1960

15th October 1945. Gunner Hector Murdoch arrives home after 3.5 years in a Japanese prisoner of war camp, one of 85000 soldiers captured when Singapore surrendered. Apparently his son John is still alive age 85.

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Reverse colonisation is so beautiful 😍

Home through the rain (1969) Artist: John Berry