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10/01/2014

The Six O’Clock News: a Quick Lesson Borrowed from an Actual Lesson

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DISCUSS., Government and Politics, January 2014, Paywall, School, The Six O’Clock News, THE WORLD *head in hands*

Boris Johnson dancing, ECSC, EU, European Union, Government and Plotics A Level, history, Indifferent Ignorance, learning stuff on a Friday night is fun, news, Politics, The Six O’Clock News
22/11/2013

The Ten O’Clock News: Enduring Legacies and Other Less Pretentious Ideas

I realised over the course of this evening that today is fifty years since JFK’s assassination, fifty years since the first Doctor Who episode and three years since Danger Days was released. I was first going to do a post about JFK and how he’s become an icon, then about JFK and Doctor Who and… Continue reading

DISCUSS., Music, My Chemical Romance (get a category), November 2013, The Ten O’Clock News, THE WORLD *head in hands*, TV

Art is the Weapon, comics, Dallas, Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, Doctor Who, fifty years, Frank Iero, Gerard Way, history, Indifferent Ignorance, JFK, Killjoys, MCR, Mikey Way, Music, My Chemical Romance, passion, Ray Toro, reflecting, things

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This blog continues to evolve with me. My favourite topics are books and reading, travel adventures, the extensive works of up and coming rock band My Chemical Romance and the occasional update about my life and work as an author and scriptwriter. I’m also interested in digital minimalism, how we can solve environmental issues and why it’s probably a better idea to make a cup of tea than it is to shout at people you disagree with.

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The Six O’Clock News: a Quick Lesson Borrowed from an Actual Lesson

The Ten O’Clock News: Enduring Legacies and Other Less Pretentious Ideas