“I had always anticipated that the people of the year Eight Hundred and Two Thousand odd would be incredibly in front of us in knowledge, art, everything. Then (.) a flow of disappointment rushed across my mind. For a moment I felt I had built the Time Machine in vain.” H. G. Wells, The Time
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 Just when you thought it was safe to get back on the railway, further cuts to an already depleted and erratic service are announced as the Government plans to cut its rail subsidies. With the A38 clogged up around Ashburton because of the programme of road improvements, for many the train to Plymouth was becoming Experiments in renewable energy are taking place in South Devon. British Gas has teamed up with Windsave to trial pole-fixed roof-top propellor-type wind turbines. But before we throw our hats up in the air with a collective whoop of joy, only for them to be taken far and wide on the prevailing winds, these turbines are Vibraphonic, the Exeter music festival is hitting the streets next week. So listen out there for some funky and original sounds. There’s even the reappearance of the radio station that will dance upon the city’s air waves. Fair trade fortnight is fast approaching (March 6 – 19), but can anyone tell us what the heck’s Three cheers for those socially responsible hacks at the Evening Herald, who yesterday reported that the city council is all ready to remove the ‘potentially racist’ mural at Bretonside Bus Station. The graffiti image of a Kalahari bushman trying to start a fire with sticks of dynamite has apparently prompted outrage from a support group A swan, ah go on! With a bird curfew imininent, this may be the last time we are able to see such avians (and this picture was taken from a bridge – sur le pont, avians I would say if I wanted to push my European credentials, although I have a feeling that my It seems to have passed everyone by but NoComply are NoMore. The soi-disant horn-fuelled punkers announced the split on their website a couple of weeks ago. Here’s what their ‘statement’ said: ‘After a total of nearly eight years as a band, NoComply have decided to call it a day and finish as a band together. |
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