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Month: January 2026

Authoritarianism

Breaking: Another Defector to Reform

31st January 2026 Always Worth Saying 0

Clacton. This Saturday afternoon. A beaming Nigel Farage introduces to a rapturous Reform UK audience the latest high-profile right-winger to defect to their party. Following in the footsteps of Nadhim Zahawi, Robert Jenrick and Suella [more…]

Hobbies

10th Anniversary Crossword

31st January 2026 Going Postal 0

First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a Trump GP mug AND a GP keyring if I don’t forget this time. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm tomorrow, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on [more…]

20th Century

The History of Pop Music – 1995

30th January 2026 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

Featured song: Oasis – Some Might Say This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 when they stopped making it. [more…]

Arts

Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

30th January 2026 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time January 29th 2026 The Panel: Douglas Alexander (Labour) James Cartlidge (Conservative) Jo Grady (University And College Union) Konstantin Kisin (Commentator & podcaster) Venue: King’s Lynn Son of a doctor and a Church of [more…]

Arts

Jinnie’s Story, Book Nine – Chapter Fifteen

29th January 2026 Going Postal 0

On the Monday morning following the barbecue, Jinnie was sat at her desk compiling a list of people she was going to have to brief about, firstly, the new corporate identity and then style book [more…]

20th Century

Labour’s bad boys – Part 3 John Stonehouse

29th January 2026 well_chuffed 0

Our John is one of the more interesting cases. There have been multiple accusations of trade union leaders and Labour MPs taking the Russian shilling though you have to ask whether some of them could [more…]

America

The Shame of Our Cities, Part One

28th January 2026 Going Postal 0

Looting, pillage, theft, billions in disbursements, all on the honour system We are all Somalis now In the autumn glare reflecting off the harsh glass façade of the Minneapolis public library, temporary fencing encloses a [more…]

America

The Dollar Price to Redeem an Ounce of Gold

28th January 2026 Patrick Barron 0

In a recent article I pointed out that the surest path to saving the fiat dollar from destruction was to make it fully redeemable in gold at whatever that price happened to be on a [more…]

Geology

Carlisle-Settle-Preston

27th January 2026 Going Postal 0

It’s Wednesday morning around 9:00 and I’m at Carlisle station. AWS didn’t manage to make his proposed rail journey down to Preston because of cancellations. Hongkonger has done rather better. The train at platform 3 [more…]

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