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Year in review: A tectonic shift has only just begun

8th January 2025 Going Postal 0

As we’re approaching the final hours of 2024, it is a good time to take a step back and remember what this year taught us. History might not repeat itself, but it does rhyme, as [more…]

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A (Re)View From The Greenhouse; That Was The Year That Were

7th January 2025 Colin Cross 0

Winter arrives in the northern hinterlands, with something of a vengeance, but enough of my snow shovelling tales. The greenhouse has (so far) managed to withstand the foot or so of accumulated snow loading. Grounds [more…]

Authoritarianism

Anarcho-Tyranny

7th January 2025 Going Postal 0

Ed. NB Sent in BE (Before Elon). 10+ years ago, I was totally disinterested in politics, and my get-out clause was “they’re all the same”. The Brexit vote stirred me to get more interested and [more…]

Literature

An Old Man’s Musings, Part Eleven

6th January 2025 Going Postal 0

Mention of snow of course leads back, for those that were around at that time, to the Winter of 1946/1947. I was six and the most vivid memory I have was walking between banks of [more…]

Economics

The Collapse of Prosperity in the West

6th January 2025 Going Postal 0

OK Puffins. Shoulders back & full attention to the screen please. Some questions for you………….. Why are Western finances in such a dire state ? Why are so many people struggling just to exist ? [more…]

Economics

Lefty Logic

5th January 2025 well_chuffed 0

If someone approached you and took a wild swing at you, you would try to avoid it. Some of you might even fight back but the sensible option is that you would at least take [more…]

Culture

The Nepo Thing

4th January 2025 Always Worth Saying 0

While the term “nepo baby” is a recent addition to cultural vocabulary, the phenomenon of nepotism in entertainment, fashion and media has existed for as long as these industries themselves. Family connections have always played [more…]

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A Price Too High, Chapter Four

4th January 2025 Going Postal 0

It was after midnight when he switched off the engine, the day had been long, but hopefully productive. Sally was in bed, but awake, she asked how the day had gone, “what were you doing [more…]

20th Century

A History of Pop Music – 1969

3rd January 2025 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

Featured song: The Rolling Stones – Honky Tonk Women 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 [more…]

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