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Permissive Paradise: Apple Studio’s first song?
Perhaps the first ever song recorded at the Beatles’ Apple Studio in Savile Row was a garage rock song called ‘Permissive Paradise’. It was performed by The Iveys and written […]
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Henry J. Heinz – born 11th October
Born on 11 October 1844 – Henry J. Heinz, the brainz behind the beanz at Heinz.
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Allen Lane – born 21st September
When Lane launched Penguin, many people thought that the venture would fail.
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Penny Singleton – born 9th September
The voice of Jane Jetson in the animated Hanna-Barbera tv show ‘The Jetsons’, Singleton’s talents and bravery went far beyond performance.
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Daniel Inouye – born 7th September
‘Inouye’s hand grenade “clenched in a fist that suddenly didn’t belong to me anymore” dropped at his feet…’
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Sunday 7th November 1802
The first in a series – Random Date History. I love history, and (up to a point) the more detailed the better. I also love the feeling of discovering things […]
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Drupal vs WordPress
A simple 3-stage comparison of Drupal and WordPress, two very popular CMSs – last updated May 2021 Need to get your head around the arguments between these two popular Content […]
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Charities and the genius in the crowd
Here’s a presentation I made back in 2014, hosted on SlideShare. I still think it’s true that charities generally don’t do enough to cultivate the creativity of supporters!
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9 Great Things from Switch
Interesting and useful bits from a great book
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Supertat
A collection of extraordinary tourist souvenirs, aka tat
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