TRD issue 44 – April 2001 Talk about hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, in a story that was completely unrelated to theContinue reading
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9. The Spring Of My Discontent
TRD issue 43 – March 2001 The most interesting story in March 2001 was the news of the recovery of Donald Campbell’s boat Bluebird fromContinue reading
8. The Tao of Despatch
TRD issue 42 – February 2001 February 2001 saw the first incidents of foot and mouth in the UK for twenty years. Within two daysContinue reading
7. A.C.A.B. (Or are they?)
I caught a flash of orange ahead and gave my GT250 a little extra, shaving a few more percentage points off my margin ofContinue reading
6. Accidents Happen
TRD issue 40 – December 2000 The hot news was the heavily guarded showbiz wedding of Material Girl Madonna and mockney Lock Stock director GuyContinue reading
5. Precious Children
TRD issue 39 – November 2000 It was November 2000 when George W Bush, aided and abetted by his brother Jeb – the governor ofContinue reading
4. You can take the M road
TRD issue 38 – October 2000 Coming barely a year after the horrendous Paddington train crash that left 31 people dead, the October 17th derailmentContinue reading
3. Fatal Attraction
TRD issue 36 – August 2000 One hundred and eighteen Russian submariners died at the bottom of the Barents Sea, victims of the fiscally frozenContinue reading
2. Reasons To Be Cheerful
TRD issue 32 – April 2000 The big story internationally was the snatch of a six-year-old Cuban shipwreck survivor by a Miami SWAT team, butContinue reading
1. International Rescue
TRD issue 30 – February 2000 The top news story when I sent my first contribution to the Digest in February ’00, was the government’sContinue reading