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Guest Post : 7 Reasons To Love Bolton

Guest Post : 7 Reasons To Love Bolton

Today’s guest post comes from Bolton-based musician, record-label-owner and music-promoter Brad B. Wood.  His highly acclaimed band, Merchandise, are releasing their fifth album soon, which could mean any time in the next two years.  You can check out the brilliant Merchandise website here, it’ll even play you a song while you read this.  You can also find Brad twittering here.  Twitter will not play you a song. 1.  The moors....

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7 Reasons ‘Last Christmas’ Is The Greatest Music Video Ever.

7 Reasons ‘Last Christmas’ Is The Greatest Music Video Ever.

1.  The Set-up. The start of the video could very well be the start of a James Bond film that stars Jennifer Aniston. Two jeeps pull up in the snow. A door opens. A man gets out. He turns around. And that’s where is ends. You could never have a Bond villain with a hairstyle like that. Well, not unless Bond himself was played by Mika. 2.  The Waving. Let’s be honest about this, it’s horrendous. It is not proper waving. It is...

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7 Reasons to go to the Football Match

7 Reasons to go to the Football Match

1.  History. You get no sense of history watching a match on television.  If you go to the Milton End at Fratton Park though, you can see an impressive recreation of the football experience in Victorian times.  If it weren’t for the presence of “ladies” and the absence of flat-caps and rattles I would have believed I’d gone back in time.  They even exhorted their team to “play up.”  Nobody’s done that since colour was...

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7 Reasons To Fly With British Airways This Christmas

7 Reasons To Fly With British Airways This Christmas

1.  You’re the boss. The last thing BA need now is more bad publicity. The staff, therefore, are going to be under strict instructions to be extra pleasant to customers. Anything from getting away with being 3kg overweight (your luggage that is) to a constant supply of dry roasted peanuts could be yours. 2.  Bump it up. With the cancellation of so many flights, planes are going to be even more overbooked than usual. BA are going to have...

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