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1^st March 2013, created by K J Lunn, 2011 – 2013.
 
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Information Sources and Opinions

Go to this part of my web site ► for:

• Where I look up News and Weather on the web.
• Where I look for Other Information (as is found in an Encyclopedia or Catalogue, but up-to-date).

What I’ve been doing to research my ancestry, and what I think about the resources that are available. Unfortunately the BBC programme I refer to gives no clue as to how much all the research costs. For those people who are interested there is a link to my Family Tree so far.

My and Others’ views and opinions on: Transport, Religions, the Future, People en masse, Anonymous – Anti-E-mail Surveillance and US Extradition, Gary McKinnon, Bradley Manning , Police wasting taxpayers’ money, Police killing or maiming people by their irresponsible use of guns and tasers, a lesson in Texting for David Cameron, and Gay in Space (by Charlie Brooker).

Finally, my views on the British royal family and links to the ‘scandalous’ (ha-ha!) paparazzi photos of Harry and Kate.

The Arts

Here I’m looking at the more serious side of life, things that entertain me but aren’t usually considered ‘fun’. Some of these contradict this paradym. So here are sections on ►:

Some of my favourite visual artists – Constable, Kandinsky, Miró, Dalí, Van Gogh, Escher, Tuke, Michelangelo and lots more.

Some less well-known artists, including my friend Jeanie Mellersh.

Some music that I enjoy, classical (Beethoven, Mahler, Brahms, Litolff, Saint-Saëns, and more); and pop (John Lennon, Del Shannon, Queen, Grace Jones, The Animals, and so on).

Favourite fiction by Douglas Adams, John Grisham, John Wyndham,... and of course Geoffrey Chaucer and William Shakespeare AND BY ME!

Poetry from Burl Ives, Lewis Carroll, William McGonagall (the worst!) and Flanders and Swann.

Plays from Joe Orton, Samuel Beckett, N F Simpson and Dylan Thomas.

Films starring Laurel and Hardy, Joan Rivers, Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin;

And finally some words about radio.

Transport

In this part of my web site ►, you can find lots of material about:

• London’s Buses and Coaches, including Green Line coach services. (There’s also a link to photos of a diorama I made, with London buses, coaches, trams, and trolleybuses of all ages, and even a couple of British Railways diesel locomotives.)
• Old London trams and trolleybuses (and a photo of a Blackpool tram).
• Some very silly road and other signs (not all related to transport, but they’ll probably bring a smile to your face).
• Air transport, including some very surprising scheduled air services.
• British Rail transport, including the London Underground.
• A very interesting weekly online magazine of railway and other transport matters.
• Some problems with transport, especially satellite navigation boobs.

Recreations

Well, what’s Fun ►?

Television comedies, jokes, puns and other linguistic games, amusing dictionary definitions, schoolboy howlers and mistakes made by foreigners trying to speak English, for a start. And puzzles, including Sudoku, and brain-teasers.

Then there are pastimes of whatever sort you like; I like doing cryptic crosswords; I also like studying train and bus timetables! (What a nerd!). I used to play quite a lot of bridge years ago. And compiling these web pages has become a time-consuming, and for me enjoyable pastime.

For many people, playing sports is a healthy recreation. I’m a bit of a couch-potato in that area. I do enjoy watching snooker and swimming on television, and especially diving (admiring the honed bodies of the men doing it). So in this area, you’ll find links to all sorts of hunky men, especially British diver Tom Daley.

Few pastimes (or anything else for that matter) are possible without money, so I’ve added a section about old English coins.