Six of the Best 486
Thursday, January 8, 2015
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"The former mining towns of the South Wales Valleys have one of the highest levels of antidepressant prescribing in Wales, attracting lurid newspaper headlines about areas 'hooked on happy pills'. According to Cwm Taf University Health Board, which covers former mining towns including Merthyr Tydfil, Aberfan, and Pontypridd, as many as one in six of its residents are on antidepressants, the highest prescribing rate in the UK." Anne Gulland on why medication is the the answer to social and economic problems.
Hynd's Blog knows what is wrong with our politics. Not referendums. Rosettes.
Andrei Tarkovsky's Solaris and Stalker are examined in a BFI feature by Stephen Dalton.
"History is written by the winners. And good luck to the members of the Crazy Gang who have dined out on the stories of their victory in the 1988 FA Cup final for more than 25 years. But ... let’s get this straight: the stories have been embellished to the point where they bear little relation to reality. I know, because I was there." John Barnes on a famous match.
Spitalfields Life has some photos of this quarter of London in 1984.
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