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Far East Cruise

Posted on August 2, 2020 by garylongden

And so the adventure begins at Birmingham airport. And then, 13 hours later, U-Tapao airport Thailand. The Ship   Relaxing on board, somewhere in the China Sea. At sea in the restaurant where we always had our breakfast: Sihanoukville, Cambodia … Continue reading →

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Sacred Sites Tarot Cards – Barbara Micklejohn Free and Flavia Kate Peters

Posted on June 30, 2020 by garylongden

  I read Past Lives Tarot cards. My own deck was created by Doreen Virtue and Brian Weiss. I read them intuitively. They have no specific independent meaning. They are simply a bridge between myself and the client. I have … Continue reading →

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The National Front – My Part in Their Downfall

Posted on April 26, 2020 by garylongden

Leeds. 1979. Socially things were grim. The city was rough, tough, but unbowed, following the miners strike of ’72. The football team (Super) Leeds United was in decline, their hooligan firm, The Service Crew, were in their ascendancy. Musically, Leeds … Continue reading →

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My Favourite Musicals

Posted on April 4, 2020 by garylongden

I am fortunate to review theatre professionally. That means that I often see shows that I would not normally have bought a ticket for, and miss shows that I would have liked to have seen because of clashing dates. Here … Continue reading →

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Ben Kane – Eagles in the Storm, Novel Review

Posted on March 12, 2020 by garylongden

My first foray into Kane’s writing had been with “Clash of the Titans” it had been disappointing, with Simon Scarrow and Bernard Cornwell easily better writers and storytellers on that evidence. But I decided to give him another chance. I … Continue reading →

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Clash of Empires- Ben Kane. Novel review

Posted on March 11, 2020 by garylongden

  This was my first introduction to Kane’s work I was disappointed. It was swamped by too much unnecessary detail, diluted by multiple sub plots which either went nowhere or added little, and was careless with character. In one strand … Continue reading →

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Traitors of Rome – Simon Scarrow, Novel Review

Posted on March 11, 2020 by garylongden

  The eighteenth instalment of the “Eagles of the Empire” series takes our leading protagonists to the Eastern edge of the Roman Empire, Parthia, for their latest adventure. Aficionados, of which I am one, will find it fits like a … Continue reading →

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“A Self Help Guide To Being In Love With Jeremy Corbyn” – An Evening with Jess Green at the Lichfield Hub

Posted on December 8, 2019 by garylongden

  I had heard much of Jess before, but never seen her perform. I have also lived around Lichfield for almost thirty years, but never seen St Mary’s Church upstairs used as a performance space. So I approached the performance, … Continue reading →

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A Day With the World’s Fastest Hypnotist

Posted on November 15, 2019 by garylongden

Jane Osborne’s  life is wonderfully full, and busy. Sometimes too busy. Last week she  had the pleasure of a day’s training with internationally renowned hypnotherapist Freddy Jacquin at the UK National Hypnotherapy Conference in London. Simultaneously, Sean Michael Andrews, the … Continue reading →

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NEC – Well Being Show, 1st – 3rd Nov, 2019

Posted on November 14, 2019 by garylongden

I have had numerous enquiries from within the MBS community about Jane Osborne’s experiences of exhibiting at the above event. Rather than reply individually I thought that I would do a blog to both reply to one and all, and, … Continue reading →

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