Divinyls – I Touch Myself

The Tragedy of Donald Crowhurst and the Teignmouth Electron – The Golden Globe Race of 1968

5th August 2017 0

Being brought up in the 1960s my life as a child was uncomplicated. I had few worries then, but as I’ve got older the few that there were, have rather crowded into my conscious memory [more...]
Philosophy vs Sophistry and the EU Referendum

1st May 2016 0

A View From The North Rodin, The Thinker “…Those who fail to provide balance are not giving advice, but lobbying. It is with the deepest regret that I must now state that this is [more...]
BBC Bias Much?

13th October 2016 0

Over the weekend of 8/9 October 2016, the mainstream news was dominated by the ‘Donald Trump Tape.’ Such was the furore generated in the media worldwide that I’ll assume the reader is familiar with the [more...]
Counterfeiting Money Is a Crime, Whether by the Fed or A Private Individual

4th April 2019 0

A few years ago, shortly after the 2008 subprime lending disaster, the Fed sent a public relations team around the country to conduct supposedly “educational sessions” about how the Fed works and the wonderful things [more...]
Beyond Borders

3rd November 2016 0

I drank deep from the vats of the brewery the other night and some hours later the fair muse of Hook Norton visited me in my dreams. “Out-of-time Ironside,” she said in her sweetest Joan [more...]