Arts
Postcard from Liverpool
Mrs B and I are currently on a QM2 cruise to Liverpool and back to Southampton which occurred because of the cancellation of a transatlantic sailing after a fault was found in the funnel, of [more…]
Month: May 2023
20th Century
African Regime – The Baseline And The Exodus
From RANU to RPF The Tutsi diaspora were working to keep community identity alive. In Kampala, a refugee welfare foundation had initially been established but fell foul of Amin. It morphed into the more militant [more…]
Eating
Elementary, my dear Watson – Na Sodium
Here we go once again, embarking on our explorations of the elements. Up to now, we’ve considered Hydrogen, Carbon, Mercury, Bromine, Oxygen, and Iron. We’ve also had a quick trot around a little basic chemistry, [more…]
Authoritarianism
The Real Science Behind Global Warming
“I feel as if I should be angry with that child, that naive young girl. Or that I must not forgive her for not recognising the nature of that monster. For not being aware of [more…]
18th Century
Mad Jack Mytton
I don’t think it is controversial to claim that the current crop of MPs are amongst the lowest standard the UK has ever known. Ranking around the same as the MSM for trustworthiness, likeability, in [more…]
Book Review
Single World Fiat Currency
Thorsten Polleit’s recent essay, The Road to a Single Fiat World Currency, explains the dangers of the current trend in the West to eliminate cash and create a world fiat currency in the place of [more…]
20th Century
The Flew Alone, Part Two
In May 1969 my uncle, John Alldridge, described the voyage of Allcock and Brown for the Montreal Star. This is the second of his reports. – Jerry F In the same year that young Jack [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred And Eighty-Seven
Monday Good morning my friends, that weekend went so quickly, but at least it’s a bank holiday and it should be an easy day. I woke up to sun streaming in through the kitchen window, [more…]
21st Century
Detour To The Eternal City
We interrupt my grandparents’ 1950s Continental road trip to bring Puffins a contemporary photo montage just arrived via that modern-day family photo album that is Instant Messenger. Inspired by childhood dinner table tall tales of [more…]