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Month: October 2021

Communism

Germany in limbo: what lies ahead for savers and investors

13th October 2021 Going Postal 3833 Comments

The September 26 election was an extremely close race, with the eyes of the world fixed upon the country as it tried to find the successor of Angela Merkel, one the most influential and longest-serving [more…]

Biography

Sailing my life away, Part 25

12th October 2021 Ancient Mariner 3605 Comments

Dear Readers,  I plan to leave Alchemi in Stornaway for the duration of this article and take you on another trip in the Time Machine.     Those who join me will flit forwards over [more…]

20th Century

Inflation

12th October 2021 well_chuffed 3571 Comments

From what this mendacious bunch of miscreants masquerading as a Government have been saying recently it seems that Government spending is out of control They are going to increase taxes massively to pay for the [more…]

Literature

Coronation Street

11th October 2021 Going Postal 2252 Comments

Scene: The Rovers Return. The Snug. Sometime in the run up to Christmas 1967. Minnie: Eeeeew, Ena, do wind up your face. I’ve never sin thee looking so mardy in a long while. Ena: I’ll [more…]

Authoritarianism

When Suppliers Prefer Their Goods to Our Pounds

11th October 2021 Emile Woolf 1944 Comments

Following his interview with Vladimir Lenin on the subject of inflation in 1919, John Maynard Keynes quoted the Russian as having said “The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch its currency”, [more…]

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Going for Gold – Part 9

11th October 2021 Going Postal 1890 Comments

As well as buying precious metals for their intrinsic value there are many people who collect coins, bars and other items and pay far more than their value in weight because of a perceived value [more…]

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The Colombian Sojourn – Chapter 6

10th October 2021 Blown Periphery 2577 Comments

Edge came out of the ablution tent and saw Rivera talking to the pilot, on the far side of the aircraft standing. She was facing him and he waved, but whether she didn’t see him [more…]

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Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred and Fourteen

10th October 2021 Going Postal 3031 Comments

Monday Gosh, it was wet when I woke up, but it’s lovely and sunny now. I hope it stays this way for an afternoon snooze. Bozzie was sniggering at breakfast about being called scum. I [more…]

20th Century

Mystery Album, Part Four

9th October 2021 Always Worth Saying 3009 Comments

Having exhausted the train photographs to the middle of our mystery album, with care we shall turn its century-old leaves to the front. Those locomotive photos were from 1925, therefore the next set of reproductions [more…]

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