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Month: November 2021

20th Century

Postcard From Summer 1954, Part Three – Scarborough

11th November 2021 Going Postal 2419 Comments

In 1954, the Manchester Evening News launched a “Special Investigation” and tasked my uncle, John Alldridge, with answering the question – Holidaymakers, do you get value for your MONEY? What follows is his report on [more…]

19th Century

Men Among the Ruins: Julius Evola – Orientations (1950)

11th November 2021 Going Postal 2354 Comments

Introduction Julius Evola was an Italian philosopher who lived from 1898 to 1974. I was recently introduced to him by the Academic Agent, who devoted a day of programmes to him on his YouTube channel. [more…]

Arts

Playing in the Band (For Fun), Part 2

10th November 2021 NeverUpToTheJob 2685 Comments

Something I enjoyed in my younger years was playing music for fun, preferably in a band. Part 1 of this article covered the years 1963 to 1973 (bands 1-6) and told the story of my [more…]

Human Interest

A Soulmate Mystery?

10th November 2021 Lugosi 4477 Comments

A soulmate is a person with whom one has a feeling of deep or natural affinity. This may involve similarity, love, romance, platonic relationships, comfort, intimacy, sexuality, sexual activity, spirituality, compatibility and trust. I recently came [more…]

Biography

Sailing my life away, part 27

9th November 2021 Ancient Mariner 3348 Comments

I start this article with a response to points raised or ideas triggered by comments on part 26, and as usual thank all those who made them. The continuing interest stimulates further effort to keep [more…]

Economics

Inflation on the rise – The blame game

9th November 2021 Going Postal 3929 Comments

After months of outright denials and fiery persistence that inflation is not a problem and never will be, central bankers in the US, the EU and other advanced economies are now being forced to face [more…]

Animals

Cnuteneering, Part Thirty Two

8th November 2021 El Cnutador 3255 Comments

Welcome back to Cnuteneering, where the possible is made more difficult by bone headed ignorance, overenthusiasm and pointy metal things being brought together. You may want to refresh your memory on the project in: Part [more…]

Engineering

Busy Days at Cop Junction

8th November 2021 Always Worth Saying 4172 Comments

Cop junction lies just north of Charlisle, an English cathedral city on Network Rail’s West Coast Main Line somewhere between Preston and Motherwell, possibly within a giant spike in the border penetrating well into Scotland [more…]

Fiction

The Colombian Sojourn – Chapter 10

7th November 2021 Blown Periphery 3257 Comments

There comes a stage at which a man would rather die cleanly by a bullet than by the unknown terror of the phantom in the forest. ― Tahir Shah, House of the Tiger King: The [more…]

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