History
Steeple-chasing
Whenever anybody says Britain has the best TV or the best health service in the world, I tend to bridle. I have seen a fair bit of TV overseas, and have found it much the [more…]
Blog
Economics
Going for Gold – Part 4
In this article I discuss the different quality standards a coin can be made to. History of Coin Making I thought it would be useful to start with a comparison of how coins in Britain [more…]
Hobbies
Shunting into Summer
The lighter nights are arriving, the cold finally thawing out – spring is here, even in the north. We last left this story at the point where both main tracks were running and we had [more…]
19th Century
Film Review: Far From The Madding Crowd
John Schlesinger’s 1967 adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s 1874 novel Far from the Madding Crowd should be a universally recognized cinema classic. Sadly, although it received generally positive reviews and did well in England, today it [more…]
America
Cultural Marxism – how it explains everything
Introduction – one ideology to rule them all You have probably heard of the term Cultural Marxism on the internet. What exactly is it, and how can it explain everything? I have come to the [more…]
Biography
Sailing my life away, part 11
AN OUT OF SEQUENCE REFLECTION There were more than 3,000 comments on Part 10 of my story some 22 hours after it was posted and I think that is probably a number that’s fairly typical [more…]
Authoritarianism
Anti-Corona Demonstration Switzerland
Dear friends of liberty this is an original translation from German into English by me of my first speech I gave a few weeks ago at the second demonstration against Corona in Switzerland. Enjoy and [more…]
Arts
The White City Flasher
The recent hoo-ha about the level of harassment / male attention endured by the other gender (assuming two here, despite the controversy that may cause) got me thinking about a particular form of said harassment. [more…]
Arts
Gardening In A Pandemic (Who’s Kidding WHO)
The “art” of growing vegetables isn’t all about the act itself. If it were, we’d all be doing it and shops (especially greengrocers) wouldn’t exist. As is probably apparent, I take a somewhat relaxed attitude [more…]