Biography
Gmbd, It’s All Very Perplexing
I’ve said most of this before but I’m putting it together to explain why I think there is something else going on, might not be obvious. Introduction When I was really, really little I was [more…]
Blog
Hobbies
Crossword No. 130
First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a GP mug. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Sunday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Last week’s winner. 129, a copy of A Bear’s Diary [more…]
Arts
Film Review: Twelve Monkeys
Twelve Monkeys (1995) is Terry Gilliam’s love child. Perhaps one of the industry’s most awkward talents, Gilliam has directed some of the most unique and compelling films of the last twenty years. He may be [more…]
Arts
Hopefully, the Last of Identity Politics in Gaming
Spoiler alert! I’ll be adding plenty so make sure you read each and every one so you never have to play this turd of a game! First off, my apologies for the lateness of this [more…]
America
Apollo Thirteen
The big issue of today appears to be the climate emergency, have I got that right? Well, what is causing the problem? Carbon Dioxide, yup, got that. 400 parts per million atmospheric CO2, definitely a [more…]
20th Century
The Desert War – August 1940
We reach August 1940, eighty years ago. Things still looking bleak for the Brits and it doesn’t really improve this month and we moan about the lockdown, albeit with some justification. The Italians had been [more…]
Mathematics
Fake Data Qui Bono
My final article in my wee trilogy on data interpretation I examine who benefits from the manipulation of state data. It is usually sound policy when investigating the often bizarre antics of the state to [more…]
20th Century
The Spitfire, of course, Part 4
Musings on the development of the Miles M20 prototype Firstly, a reminder of where we started back in part one, I suggested in the first article in this series that the Spitfire was not an [more…]
Business
Investing on the Stock Market
I wouldn’t ever call myself a professional investor far from it, I am a real amateur. I have had one or two successes and some real flops but in general, I have made more than [more…]