Communism
Venezuela’s Wasted Potential
Flash, bang stuff Last week, we visited British Guiana for our Railway Review and, as is sometimes the case, found ourselves in the wrong place but at the right time. We tootled along some 15 [more…]
Blog
Arts
Jinnie’s Story, Book Nine – Chapter Twelve
On the way home to Worthing with Paolo driving the Lexus, Jinnie had time to think about her promise to be interviewed and concluded that the SIS would probably prefer her to restrict interviews to [more…]
America
The Donroe Doctrine
This is the name given to the latest burst of US Foreign Policy as espoused by Donald Trump. So far it has resulted in a raid on Venezuela to kidnap Nicholas Maduro and his wife. [more…]
Fiction
Racial Memory
Have you ever wondered what might have happened if when you left your house you had turned left instead of right, taken a different route to work, taken the bus or the train instead of [more…]
Economics
Inflation as a moral hazard
As I have argued many times in the past, the corruption of money itself and its purposeful devaluation is by far the most important problem facing not just investors and savers, but virtually every single citizen on [more…]
Arts
Going Postal 2026
Happy New Year puffins. Not sure what 2026 has in store for us but some stoicism is probably in order. Things to look forward to: Summer, Bash, Starmer being helicoptered to Stryker’s Island and the [more…]
America
Euro contrariness – Anybody/Anything but Trump
Perhaps its Global Warming/Climate Crisis (nah, it’s all the fault of DJT) , but the epic meltdown of the European political classes has stepped up a gear of late. Emblematic of the hysteria is this [more…]
Book Review
Book Review: Minifigure Monarchs: A History of Great Brits in little bricks
Written by Andrew Redfern, and launched as a Kickstarter project in July 2025, Minifigure Monarchs was successfully funded within 24 hours. At 336 pages this hardback was a definite addition to my Christmas list! It’s [more…]
Conservatives
NYE messages from the party leaders
Being a bit of an eejit I decided to see what the New Year’s speeches from the various leaders were about. Not very inspiring in general I am afraid to say. I looked at 5 [more…]