Booksheds

A S H Smyth — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 09:53:55 +0000

As Colombo emerges from the Covid lockdown, I go immediately to one of my favourite places.

NEWS AT A GLANCE

A S H Smyth — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 06:03:17 +0000

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The Paris Louvre is in future to be guarded by watch-dogs.

— The Nelson Evening Mail, Monday, July 13 1908
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The human population has almost doubled since we landed on the Moon.

Genital preferences are transphobic.

The third umpire will have the final say on the snatch.

It is against the rules to take a lamb to school.

The market for Argentinian chewing-gum manufacture is very hard to break into.

Greek philosophers were not always as wise as they claimed.

Josef Stalin trusted only one man: Adolf Hitler.

An average sentence in a German newspaper is a sublime and impressive curiosity.

Florence and Bertha aren’t among the top 10,000 girls’ names now.

There is no phone reception in West Sussex.

As many histories as possible should be written.

The going rate for one song at a funeral is approx. £150.

The thing that’s best if you’re feeling glum is coconut water with a little rum.
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