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Charles Beningfield

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BILLY’S ANTICS: The Bunter stories, set in the fictitious English public school Greyfriars, were originally published in cartoon form in 1908 in the Magnet. The first hardback, Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School, was published 70 years ago in September 1947 by Charles Skilton. PICTURE: SUPPLIED

Billy Bunter the original Spud

Idly channel-hopping the other evening in the hope of finding something vaguely interesting to watch other than the interminable diet of repeat after repeat shows fed to us by DStv these days, I happened to come across the movie Spud II,…

Bowled over by high prices

I HAPPENED to wander into a sports store the other day and was gob-smacked at the cost of sports goods these days. Boy, have prices soared! If your kid is first team cricket material, for example, be prepared to cough up anything between…

Search for secret of dad’s sacred 90 minutes

UNLESS he has young children, the 90 minutes between half-past five and seven o’clock of an evening are probably regarded by the average man as a period of relaxation and pleasure without equal. But now that the winter holidays are in…

Old age goal posts now closer to 100

ONE of my all-time favourite entertainers was Max Bygraves. Remember him? The cockney lad who delighted millions with his song- and-dance routines, and who will be remembered for such lilting evergreens as Tulips from Amsterdam. Well, I…

Drug legacy no favour to world

Drug-orientated generation a big problem THE “silly season” has ended and daily work commitments for the new year have begun afresh. But for many the misdemeanours of the festive season are still to be accounted for. Offences for the…