Tony Hatfield's Retired Ramblings

La Cucaracha - The Music Of The Spanish Civil War

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BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | Regional press weighs Iraq handover

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You asked for it!!!!

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Yummy

Well at least one of you folk, yes Sharon, has asked me to post recipes. Here goes. "The Today Programme has decided to find out if other countries are as unhealthy - so over the course of a week we... Read more →

False Memory Syndrome

One of the reasons Bush/Cheney gave for their unlawful invasion of Iraq was a link between Saddam and the leader of the 9/11 atrocity, Mohammed Atta. They blathered on about a meeting between Atta and Iraqi intelligence in Prague in... Read more →

Useful phrases

This may be useful for the Greek/France game this evening.( With thanks to the Graun.) Eh, une minute, Nicos Dabizas n'a pas été choisi! Bah Ce n'est pas un cadeau des grecs. "Hold on they haven't picked Nicos Dabizas.! Well,... Read more →

2-2 ?

Don't be daft, of course there's no evidence that the 2-2 draw between Sweden and Denmark was fixed ahead of time. After all it was the only result, assuming Italy beat Bulgaria, that would allow both these Scandinavian neighbours to... Read more →

Embarassing CD

I've been sorting out my CD's. And I thought it would be fun for us to own up to our most embarrassing CD. I'll get the ball rolling with..no not the Nolans..but Rick Astley's 1987 offering " Whenever You Need... Read more →

Complacency

OK, so I do have too much time on my hands, but for the last week one of my daily pleasures has been to watch the English teams' press conference from their hotel outside Lisbon. Knowing little about the "beautiful... Read more →

Euro 2004

There are pictures on all today's newspapers of the latest Inger-lish saviour, Wayne Rooney just after he scored. What most have in common, and it was even clearer on the TV, is that the facial expression does not seem to... Read more →