Monthly Archives: April 2016

A Surprising Response

Posted on April 30, 2016 by the archivist

A couple of weeks back I wrote about a suicide and a protest at Swansea prison after a smoking ban had been introduced there. I didn’t mention at the time that I had also written to my Westminster MP about it. … Continue reading →

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Pubs Are Like Girlfriends

Posted on April 29, 2016 by the archivist

Strange thought this morning: Pubs are like girlfriends. They’re all different. Some are young, and some are old. Some are small, and some are big. Some are all done up in the latest fashion, while others make no effort at … Continue reading →

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Various Smoking News Items

Posted on April 28, 2016 by the archivist

Antismokers head for Turkmenistan: Government officials to attend anti-smoking meeting in country run by mad dictator Turkmenistan leaders have banned beards, ballets and pet pooches in recent years THE Department of Health will send two officials to a nanny state … Continue reading →

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The Functional Minimum

Posted on April 27, 2016 by the archivist

As I was writing last night about pill poppers, I remembered a conversation I’d once had with my father many, many years ago. We were living in the Gambia in West Africa. And I was six years old. And we … Continue reading →

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The Pill Poppers

Posted on April 26, 2016 by the archivist

Mail: EXCLUSIVE: Prince’s former drug dealer tells how the legend spent $40,000 at a time on six-month supplies of Dilaudid pills and Fentanyl patches – highly addictive opioid pain killers – for 25 years… The dealer said the musician suffered … Continue reading →

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Stay

Posted on April 25, 2016 by the archivist

Oh dear. Us Brits are being lectured by Barack Obama on the EU: Here’s what Obama had to say: Hillary Clinton has joined in: White House hopeful Hillary Clinton has waded into the Brexit debate, throwing her weight behind President … Continue reading →

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Bradford Hill

Posted on April 24, 2016 by the archivist

The two authors of the 1950 London Hospitals study and the British Doctors study were Bradford Hill and Richard Doll. Richard Doll remained a well-known public figure for the next 50 years. But Bradford Hill, the senior partner in the … Continue reading →

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Blackmailing NHS

Posted on April 23, 2016 by the archivist

Mail: Three million refused NHS ops… for smoking or being too fat: Third of trusts deny routine procedures including hip and knee replacements to overweight patients One in eight NHS trusts will not fund routine operations for smokers Figures from … Continue reading →

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Reject the Future

Posted on April 22, 2016 by the archivist

Something that I read weeks ago, maybe months ago, has stuck in my mind: that Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek, believed that in the future, men wouldn’t have any hair on their chests, and demanded that Captain Kirk … Continue reading →

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Juncker Admits: Too Much Interference

Posted on April 21, 2016 by the archivist

Jean-Claude Juncker in the Express: EU FACES RUIN: Staggering admission from Juncker as he admits EU DOES meddle too much VOTERS all over Europe have lost faith in the EU because of its meddling in their lives, the most senior … Continue reading →

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