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Philosophy

Way Too Many People (Revised)

18th November 2021 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

The prologue: I wrote this a couple of years ago.  I have added one more reason why many could die (Democide) and updated the figures. At the dawn of agriculture, about 8000 B.C., the population [more…]

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New Adventures in Low Carb, Part Two

17th November 2021 Going Postal 0

In my previous article I explained how switching to a low-carb diet has life-changing health benefits. It’s been several months since I started a keto diet (very low-carb), so I thought I’d give Puffins an [more…]

Arts

A Postcard From Tintern Abbey

17th November 2021 Going Postal 0

Tintern Abbey (or Abaty Tyndryn if you speak Welsh) was founded on 9th May 1131 by Walter de Clare, Lord of Chepstow. It is located near the border between Wales and England (Gloucestershire) on the [more…]

17th Century

Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century “Strip” Maps

16th November 2021 Going Postal 0

Introduction Sorry to disappoint you so early in the piece, but this article is not about the antics of the young Tom Jones, although undoubtedly he and his dissolute friends could and should have availed [more…]

20th Century

Postcard From Summer 1954, Part Four – Morecambe

16th November 2021 Going Postal 0

In 1954, the Manchester Evening News launched a “Special Investigation” and tasked my uncle, John Alldridge, with answering the question – Holidaymakers, do you get value for your MONEY? What follows is his report on [more…]

Arts

Yorkshire County Cricket Club Bloodbath

15th November 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

On the 14th October 2021, fourteen concerned employees wrote a letter to their bosses. Six days earlier, a summary report into conduct at their workplace had been published. The employees felt it showed them in [more…]

Economics

The Public are Waking up to the Evils of Inertial Manipulation

15th November 2021 Emile Woolf 0

With prices increasing rapidly across a wide range of materials, goods and products, especially basics like foodstuffs and energy, it is astonishing that what citizens now encounter every day is so persistently, and perversely, denied [more…]

Politics

What Happened to British Trade Unions?

15th November 2021 Godfrey Bloom 0

As a confirmed libertarian you might expect I am hostile to the concept of trade unions. Not at all. It is very libertarian to form a group to bargain with employers for better pay & [more…]

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The Colombian Sojourn – Chapter 11

14th November 2021 Blown Periphery 0

The modern government buildings were located in a new office block off the Avenida Calle 82. Edge was one of the first to arrive and found it shut, so they decamped to a coffee house [more…]

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