Hobbies
Crossword No. 228
First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a book of your choice (subject to T&Cs) Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Friday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Winner of Crossword 227 and [more…]
Blog
20th Century
My Legends of Pop Music – Part Fifty-Two – Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
If get this right, there will be many cover versions by future bands. I shall try and link live versions if they exist from the tellybox or a film, the sound quality may not be [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Four, Chapter One
Larry the Cat sat on the tree stump in the dapple shade, enjoying scanning the woodland around him through his half-closed eyes. In front of him, on the other side of a wire fence, ran [more…]
Economics
Parity hysterics: What it means and what it doesn’t, Part One
There’s been a flurry of articles, news stories and headlines lately over the developments in the FOREX market, specifically over the moves of the EUR/USD currency pair. As headwinds on all levels, economic, geopolitical and [more…]
19th Century
Review: 120 Days of Sodom by The Marquis De Sade
Just as an 18th century Président may stalk provincial France looking for innocents to corrupt, so bots chew their way through blogs looking for relevant wares to advertise. We must proceed with caution. On these [more…]
20th Century
The Fallacy of Calls for "A Manhattan Project" to Solve National Economic Challenges
The World War II project to build an atomic bomb is seen by many as a template for government action to solve what appear to be national economic problems beyond the scope of private enterprise. [more…]
Health
The Vaxx, Heart Problems & AFIB
Atrial Fibrillation is a condition where irregular heartbeats of certain rhythms create blood clots in a chamber of the heart and its possible that a clot could cause a stroke. A detailed description can be [more…]
Arts
Tory Leadership Runners & Riders
This was supposed to be a review of Tuesday’s SKY News televised Tory Party leadership debate but the cream of the party didn’t turn up. I wonder why? These TV debates have a chequered history. [more…]
America
A Declaration of Independence in Thought and Expression and Action
When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with their government, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the [more…]