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Strum master Cochran

Woo-ha. Back to the birth of rock n roll. A bit of a rebel. More of a musical innovator. An iconic song, we've all heard, but this is...

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Come on everybody!

One of the very first records I remember playing as a young child. It was only a tiny record player. We only had a handful of 45's. Boy...

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Unbelievable courage in the fight for freedom: D-Day

The horror of war is difficult to imagine. The invading evil killing ideology of Hilter's Nazi Germany hell bent on taking over Europe...

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The alluring ecstasy of gold

Tarantino acclaimed this as the finest directed movie of all time. The Good (Clint Eastwood), the Bad (Lee Van Cleefe) and the Ugly (Eli...

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Once upon a time (of creative genius) in the West

Ennio Morricone's most beautiful theme for Jill McBain's train arrival to news of her husband's death. Edda Dell’Orso’s heart-touching...

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Titanic safety lessons

A moment's silence to remember those who perished. The story now being taught even to young children. The most prestigious beautiful ship...

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Bevarian experience, Munich

A most impressive city. A most warmly charming of people. Munich exudes quality of life, memorable architecture both old and new,...

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Time, will it be?

Never thought of time so vast.... A fantastical crystal ball view of our Universe, accelerated into the far, far future. This is physics...

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Concorde engineering paradise

As young as I am, it's 50 years since the first test flight in 1969 of a plane from the future. I saw it take off once from Manchester...

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Evocative for every parent, to every child

Whoever (was it script fixer Tom Mankiewicz?) wrote these poignant words of Jor-El & Lara's final goodbye, my goodness they are powerful:...

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