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Month: January 2020

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Testing the Socialist hypothesis

20th January 2020 Emile Woolf 2102 Comments

Kristian Niemitz, Head of Political Economy at the IEA, wrote a book last year in which he explores the reasons why the idea of socialism persists as a viable economic system. In “Socialism: the Failed [more…]

Hobbies

From a Sum to a Product

20th January 2020 OldTrout 1946 Comments

In The Basel Problem we saw that Euler answered the question by showing that the sum of the reciprocals of the square numbers is equal to . That is The partial sums slowly converge to [more…]

Fiction

Némésis – Book 3 Part 2

19th January 2020 Blown Periphery 3267 Comments

Halward’s Road Trip 15/16th February 2018 They were glad to be leaving Raqqa and now they felt despite the dangers, that they had a purpose. The Americans had been generous with fuel and equipment and [more…]

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The Old Testament Prophets in Retrospect

19th January 2020 1642again 2117 Comments

The Major Old Testament Prophets – Making Sense of Them We have now reviewed in some detail the major Old Testament Prophets: Elijah, Elisha, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Daniel, the ostensibly minor prophet Jonah, and [more…]

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Postcard from Lille, Part 47

18th January 2020 Always Worth Saying 3260 Comments

For a recap of the story so far, please click here. For some reason, Sister thought that things were, ‘Pretty shitty’. She’d just met the Pope, was flying first class and was eating a delicious [more…]

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Crossword No. 101

18th January 2020 Going Postal 3565 Comments

First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a GP 4th anniversary mug!. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Sunday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Last week’s winner. 100 – Captain Black. Answers [more…]

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Cruising at Christmas (and the New Year) – Part 1

17th January 2020 Going Postal 4474 Comments

Pre Cruise I have been on a number of cruises on a number of different cruise lines but this is my first Christmas Cruise so I thought I might document it. Some time ago my [more…]

Arts

Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

17th January 2020 Always Worth Saying 3777 Comments

Question Time 16th January 2020 Panel: Baroness Chakrabarti of Kennington (Labour) Helen Whately (Conservative) Alyn Smith (SNP) Madeline Grant (Daily Telegraph Comment Editor) Laurence Fox (Actor) Venue: Liverpool To this reviewer’s recollection, Brexit was only [more…]

Arts

Going Postal with Question Time

16th January 2020 Going Postal 1947 Comments

Graphic EJ – Updated by Sam. Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Liverpool. On the panel are: Helen Whately MP, Culture Minister, Conservative; Shami Chakrabarti, Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales [more…]

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