Economics
Characteristics of Government Today
Two hundred years ago Lord Macauley wrote “the measure of a man’s real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out”. This intriguing insight is as true of [more…]
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America
A Guide to Three Pieces of Rock by Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name Mark Twain was an American writer and humourist as well as having a multitude of other careers throughout his life. He is probably best known for [more…]
Libertarianism
OTF: Break Up Of Science
Introduction This is a short article, looking at dealing with the manifold problems of science. Medical science, agri science & food science are all owned by the companies that benefit from selling us stuff based [more…]
20th Century
They Flew Alone, Part One
In May 1969 my uncle, John Alldridge, described the voyage of Allcock and Brown for the Montreal Star. This is the first of his reports. – Jerry F MANCHESTER — She hangs now, like some [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary – Week One Hundred And Eighty-Six
Monday Good morning happy readers and welcome to another week’s diary entries from your cat reporter. It was a strange day yesterday, first it rained hard, then it was sunny for a couple of hours, [more…]
20th Century
Through The Mountains To Piedmont
Essentially hill and lake people, and having traversed the French and Italian Rivieras during their 1958 Ford Prefect continental road trip, my grandparents headed inland in search of inclines and hairpin bends. Col de Tende [more…]
Arts
Religious Meaning of the Coronation of King Edward VII
The article below was originally published in May 1902 before the coronation of King Edward VII the following June. It was written by Mrs. A. Murray Smith and originally published in the monthly Pall Mall [more…]
Arts
Classic Album Review: Various Artists – Motown Chartbusters
Greetings pop pickers! This evening’s planned exploration of Scandinavian Death Metal has been unexpectedly postponed. This unfortunate occurrence is due to the recent and thoroughly welcome announcement of some rather splendidly splendid glad tidings – [more…]
Animals
This Sporting Life – Chapter 4
Firstly, I hoped you thoroughly enjoyed my first few articles covering the two key national hunt festivals in the UK. Now that the dust has settled on the recent Aintree Grand National and a belated [more…]