Twice a Labour Member of Parliament (1929 – 1931 and 1940 – 1955) and bizarrely sharing a Christian name with television’s Mrs Bucket, Dr Hyacinth Morgan was a doctor and Labour politician (more…)
Tag: BBC
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Dr Hyacinth Morgan (1885 – 1956)
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Gareth Barlow
This blogger turned television presenter bought a herd of Hebridean sheep at the age of 17 and sold them six years later. (more…) -
Increasing our footage
Accompanying an endorsement of ‘The Steeple Times’ by “the BBC’s favourite property expert” Henry Pryor, our readership grows to over 500,000 in one single day (more…)
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Diane Abbott MP (Member of Parliament for Hackney North and Stoke Newington)
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You reap what you sow
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Joanne Coburn (AKA “Jo” Coburn)
The BBC’s Jo Coburn is one of the presenters of the Daily Politics. This experienced London based political sage has some 7,000 followers on Twitter and was educated at the University of Manchester and the University of Oxford. She began her career in community radio and hopes to end it as “a foreign correspondent either in Jerusalem or Berlin”. -
Dave Lee Travis: Guilty as charged
Sympathy for Dave Lee Travis should evaporate after his having been found guilty of indecent assault and as he faces civil action over a further allegation (more…)
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Miriam O’Reilly
This Irish writer, journalist and presenter describes herself as having “fought ageism at the BBC and won”. Miriam O’Reilly is best known as a BBC Countryfile presenter but successfully sued the Corporation after being dropped in 2009. She subsequently returned to front the Crimewatch Roadshow with Rav Wilding before attempting and failing to become a Labour Party candidate for first Nuneaton in 2013 and then Heywood and Middleton in 2014. Closely linked to Labour’s Harriet Harman, those that take O’Reilly on should be warned that she’ll likely take to Twitter to exact her revenge. -
Sensible Scotland
Scotland has taken the right decision
Yesterday the Scottish came out in force and voted ‘no’ to independence. Though the ‘Better Together’ campaign’s win is by a relatively small margin and though their campaign was poorly orchestrated, it is a victory nonetheless and we should all celebrate the common sense of this decision. (more…)
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Julia Bradbury
Nicknamed “the walking man’s crumpet”, Dublin born, Rutland based television presenter Julia Bradbury has over 50,000 followers on Twitter. She fronted the BBC’s Countryfile for five years and has also presented shows such as Kill It, Cook It, Eat It and Take on the Twisters. Bradbury views the late fell walker Alfred Wainwright to be a “walking God” and once told Hello! that she feels “no pressure to look younger”.
