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Top 10 Film Noir. I would have put Night of the Hunter on this list, though I don't really know if it fits the definition of noir.

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The world's most  extreme toilet.

J.P. Donleavy on Desert Island Discs

He likes the Soviet Army Chorus and Drum Corps doing the Civil War ballad Annie Laurie.

First Para, Chapter 10, One Odd Bird at Paddington, from To Save the Realm

Inside Paddington Station, Isambard Kingdom Brunel's great barrel- vaulted temple dedicated to the worship of steam locomotive transport, the air was cold and wet, and it was laden with diesel exhaust floating in from the taxis queuing up outside on Praed Street. Martial marching music was blaring over the loudspeaker:  The World Turned Upside Dowm. Britons hurried through the station, rushing to the Underground or to their trains, heads bowed in silent fortitude, or quiet desperation.

Keep Calm...

...and read me bloody book!

At Amazon!

And in Mycenae...

Murder most foul.

But Why?

Artist overdubs 100 vinyl copies of The White Album.

9 Bywater Street

Smiley's house is for sale.

Never forget.

Lieutenant-Colonel Eric Wakeling

from The Independent

John Lennon's school detention records for sale.

We need to remember...

These men.

Before going down the pub...

Eat!

Oh dear...

The Huntsman Spider arrives in Britain from Taiwan. What's next? Mambas in the New Forest?

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Top 10 Westerns.

Roll the Dice...

And buy me bloody book!

Sussex's Bonfire Societies

Sounds like fun.