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Redundant at 50?

How to Launch a Post-Redundancy Fightback  For many folk being made redundant at 50 can mean a devastating loss of identity and purpose. The job was the central role in life and indeed we gave our life to it, did

What Was Pirate Radio?

‘What I’d really like to do this weekend is go down to Harwich Parkeston Quay and see this pirate radio ship,’ the young man said. Unsure of the girl’s reaction he traced her name in a puddle of beer on

Teaser and the Firecat

This month marks the 50th anniversary of the release of the album, Teaser and the Firecat, home of one of the best songs I ever heard, by Cat Stevens. One summer’s afternoon a year later three teenagers went for a

Bring Back British Rail

Last year saw the end of several railway franchise contracts. However late running trains will remain the norm while the government agonises over what to do about the railways. Smart money is on the corona crisis apologists opting for more

The Sixties and Pirate Radio

John Musgrave’s first novel, RADIO A-GO-GO, is out now.…What inspired it? Hard to remember the sixties – even if you were there…  If pop music had been the purview of dance bands and crooners, by 1960 it was a rebel

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