With the festive season almost upon him Detective Sergeant Bruce Robertson is winding down at work & gearing up socially
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When the Sex Pistols swore live on tea-time telly in 1976 there was outrage across Britain. Headlines screamed. Christians marched. TVs were kicked in. Thirty years on all those words are media-mainstream
- bandied about with impunity on TV & in the papers. This is the story of our bad language & its three-decade journey from the fringes of decency to the working centre of a more linguistically liberal nation. Silverton takes a clear comprehensive & witty look at swearing & the impact of its new acceptability on our language our manners & our society. He considers how we have become more openly emotional yet more wary about insulting others. & how it's seemingly become alright to say **** & **** but not ****** or ****. This is the story of that cultural revolution written by one who was there at the start proudly striking some of the first blows in the long struggle for the right to reclaim filthy English & use it.
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An airfield was first established at Filton just north of Bristol in 1911 after the establishment of the British & Colonial Aeroplane Company. The company & its descendents have used the airfield ever since to develop aviation technology. Filton Airfield has also played host to a military presence starting with the Royal Flying Corps in 1915 continuing with a Spitfire squadron during the Battle of Britain & into the jet age with Vampire fighters. In Filton Airfield Through Time Andrew Appleton uses a wonderful collection of old & new photographs to show us the intriguing past of this key site in British aviation history from the manufacture of military aircraft during the First & Second World Wars through the servicing of BOAC airliners during the 1950s & the development of Concorde during the 1960s to the present day & the closure of the airfield by BAE Systems. ...

The Staedtler FIMO soft kits for kids are the ideal beginner&8217;s entry point into FIMO. Each set contains 4 x 25 blocks of FIMO. Each set contains detailed instructions on how to create the models featured on the front of the pack. FIMO soft is an oven baked Polymer clay which requires baking in the oven for 30 minutes at 110°C / 230°F. ...

At the time of his death Patrick OBrian had begun to write a novel to follow on from Blue at the Mizzen the twentieth book in the classic series. These are the chapters he had completed of the final voyage of Jack Aubrey & Stephen Maturin -- the greatest friendship of modern literature The story picks up from the end of Blue at the Mizzen when Jack Aubrey receives the news in Chile of his elevation to flag rank: Rear Admiral of the Blue Squadron with orders to sail to the South Africa station. This novel unfinished & untitled at the time of OBrians death would have been a chronicle of that mission & much else besides. The chapters left on OBrians death are presented here both in printed version -- including his corrections to the typescript -- & a facsimilie of his manuscript which goes several pages beyond the end of the typescript &

Includes:: marginal notes by OBrian. & so this great roman fleuve comes to an end with Jack with his sacred blue flag sailing through fair sweet days -- Stephen with his dissections & new love Killick muttering darkly over the toasted cheese! Of course we would rather have had the whole story; instead we have this proof that OBrians powers of observation his humour & his understanding of his characters were undiminished to the end.

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In the spring of 1613 Mr William Shakespeare a gentleman farmer in Warwickshire returns to London. It is a ceremonial visit; he has no further theatrical ambitions. But the city is still reeling from the terrorist panic of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 & fate soon forces him to take up his pen again. It was never possible to write about Henry VII while his granddaughter Elizabeth was Queen but now he must. It is a perilous enterprise: King James Is spies are everywhere. There is no evidence that Shakespeare wrote Henry VII but in a compelling piece of historical recreation Robert Winder asks: what if he did? After 400 years he gives us a unique world premiere
- a br&-new full-length Shakespeare play. The Final Act of Mr Shakespeare is an exhilarating portrait of Englands greatest author
- not in love but raging against the dying of the light. It is an outrageous tour de force of theatrical imagination full of the spirit of the Bard.

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A gripping new racing thriller from bestselling author John Francome Its been over a year since Danny Clarks girlfriend Kirsty died in a horrific diving accident in the Caribbean. Danny was plunged into a time of bitter mourning but now hes back on his feet with a lot of help from Kirstys best friend Tara. In fact Danny has fallen for Tara in a major way. Dannys godfather Adrian Spring who runs a racing stable isnt at all happy about this. He cant help wondering how much Tara knows about the secrets that died with Kirsty. Secrets hed prefer stayed secret for ever. Tara herself is uneasy: unconvinced that Kirstys death was an accident she fears that she might fall victim to a fatal accident herself. & shes never been the paranoid type... ...

Written by GRANT MORRISON Art by J.G. JONES CARLOS PACHECO JESUS MERINO & OTHERS Cover by J.G. JONES The mind-blowing event miniseries is now in trade paperback! What happens when evil wins? Superman Batman the Justice League & every other super being in the DC Universe must face this reality when Darkseid & his otherworldly legion of followers actually win the war between light & dark. ...

This is the intimate & revealing autobiography of Margaret Rhodes the first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II & the niece of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. Margaret Rhodes was born into the Scottish aristocracy into a now almost vanished world of privilege. Royalty often came to stay & her house was run in the style of Downton Abbey. Her aunt was Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother & Queen Elizabeth is her first cousin. In the Second World War years she lodged at Buckingham Palace while she worked for MI5. She was a bridesmaid at the wedding of her cousin Princess Elizabeth to Prince Philip. Three years later the King & Queen attended her own wedding; Princess Margaret was a bridesmaid. In 1990 she was appointed as a Lady-in-Waiting to the Queen Mother acting also as her companion which she describes in touching detail. In the early months of 2002 she spent as much time as possible with her frail & ailing aunt & was at her bedside when she died at Easter that year. This is a fascinating account of a special life with the authors family relationships to nobility & royalty her long & special marriage her children & grandchildren & a life lived to the full. Major serial under negotiation this title is to be featured in Majesty Magazine"." ...

This is the intimate & revealing autobiography of Margaret Rhodes the first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II & the niece of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. Margaret was born into the Scottish aristocracy into a now almost vanished world of privilege. Royalty often came to stay & her house was run in the style of Downton Abbey. In the Second World War years she lodged at Buckingham Palace while she worked for MI5. She was a bridesmaid at the wedding of her cousin Princess Elizabeth to Prince Philip. Three years later the King & Queen attended her own wedding; Princess Margaret was a bridesmaid. In 1990 she was appointed as a Lady-in-Waiting to the Queen Mother acting also as her companion which she describes in touching detail. In the early months of 2002 she spent as much time as possible with her ailing aunt & was at her bedside when she died at Easter that year. The next morning she went to Queen Elizabeths bedroom to pray & in farewell dropped her a final curtsey. This is an enthralling account of a special life & a unique insight into the intimate moments of the British Royal family. The Queen Mother regarded Margaret Rhodes as her third daughter" & she has been extremely close to her cousins the Queen & Princess Margaret throughout their lives. The book is full of charming anecdotes fascinating characters & personal photographs & is an unparalleled insight into the private life of the British monarchy." ...