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Philosophy

The political machinations of Hirudo medicinalis

21st August 2020 Rookwood 3295 Comments

For those not fortunate enough to have received a classical education with a strong foundation of Latin, the above title may seem rather peculiar. How, in the name of all that is logical and sensible, [more…]

Philosophy

A cornucopia of intellectual Onanism

3rd August 2020 Rookwood 1785 Comments

I’m quite sure there are a few readers at Going Postal who get frustrated with my writing style, or indeed any commentator who dares stray from the rugged pathway of the dry as dust academic [more…]

Fascism

Land of confusion

27th July 2020 Rookwood 3754 Comments

Now did you read the news today, they say the danger’s gone away, but i can see the fire’s still alight, there burning into the night. There’s too many men, too many people, making too [more…]

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Arts

A paralysis of dignity

24th June 2020 Rookwood 3783 Comments

[Credit for this piece goes to Mojo, without whose astute observations I would not have been inspired to write these words.] I don’t know about you, but for a number of years now, there has [more…]

Rookwood, Going Postal
20th Century

Building a nation of psychopaths

10th June 2020 Rookwood 2706 Comments

It is us, the new radicals, a Labour party modernised, that must undertake this historic mission. To liberate Britain, from all the old class divisions, old structures, old prejudices, old ways of working and of [more…]

America

The tragic death of George Floyd

9th June 2020 Rookwood 2656 Comments

I can already hear the disgruntled mutterings of a few hard-hearted individuals for my use of the “Tragic” adjective in the subject title. Some may prefer to extend the period of tragedy much further back [more…]

Rookwood, Going Postal
Authoritarianism

SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 update 7

1st June 2020 Rookwood 2459 Comments

I’m confused. While the UK spirals downwards towards financial and commercial Armageddon, escalating mental health issues, domestic violence and societal breakdown, I cannot find any clause in the Coronavirus Act 2020 that gives members of [more…]

Rookwood, Going Postal
Health

Another stalkers charter

19th May 2020 Rookwood 4365 Comments

They say life imitates art. Personally, while I believe there is a powerful symbiotic relationship between the two, like the chicken and the egg, once the cycle has begun, it is virtually impossible to visualise [more…]

Rookwood, Going Postal
Health

SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 update 6

12th May 2020 Rookwood 4163 Comments

I’ve been keeping my head down of late. There is little point in engaging in fruitless argument with those whose mindset is fixed on a particular world view, and irrespective of who is right or [more…]

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