roads – A S H Smyth http://www.ashsmyth.com Will write for money Tue, 03 Nov 2020 06:56:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.4 NEWS AT A GLANCE http://www.ashsmyth.com/news-at-a-glance-68/ http://www.ashsmyth.com/news-at-a-glance-68/#respond Mon, 02 Nov 2020 06:18:57 +0000 http://www.ashsmyth.com/?p=3155 .
The Paris Louvre is in future to be guarded by watch-dogs.

— The Nelson Evening Mail, Monday, July 13 1908
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A gold coin celebrating the assassination of Julius Caesar has been auctioned for more than $3m dollars.

50% of a man’s hair is gone before it becomes noticeable.

Good socialists need not refuse a good cigar if it is offered them.

Sri Lanka has one of the highest suicide rates in the world.

The suspension of Jeremy Corbyn is a factional attack that has undermined the fight against antisemitism.

Esperanto was created by Doktoro Esperanto.

South Yorkshire Police Operations Complex is on Letsby Avenue.

A gun is 22 times more likely to be used on yourself or a family member than on a home invader.

Sweden has increased its military budget by 40%.

The Democrats are taking quite a lead all over.

Many Indians have arranged-cum-love marriages.

Oreo have built a doomsday vault to protect their cookies from an asteroid.

The boulder is the truth that great men know by instinct. The mountain is the stupidity of mankind.

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]]> http://www.ashsmyth.com/news-at-a-glance-68/feed/ 0 The One That Got Away – Dominic Sansoni http://www.ashsmyth.com/the-one-that-got-away-dominic-sansoni/ http://www.ashsmyth.com/the-one-that-got-away-dominic-sansoni/#respond Sun, 21 Jun 2020 10:29:17 +0000 http://www.ashsmyth.com/?p=3008 Sri Lanka’s pre-eminent photographer talks about the greatest photo that he never took… and one he did.

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For the Sri Lankan Sunday Times

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