• Authoritarianism

    Digital ID

    Something thing you occasionally hear when earwigging in cafes/pubs/supermarkets is  “It just isn’t that big of a deal,” or “It just won’t get to that,” or “Why do you always think the worst of everything?”. (‘Ow mooch ?” in Yorkshire). [more...]
  • America

    The Chagos fiasco

    The Chagos Islands were first discovered by the Portuguese hence the names of the various islands. The first people to make use of the islands were the French when they created coconut oil plantations in [more...]
  • Literature

    Words Part Ten

    I want to introduce a lot of modern poetry but am constrained by the copyright rules and, due to lack of time, I am not able to do much at present. I expect to be [more...]

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