Arts
A Postcard from the Scottish Borders
Having had six months of lockdown, our annual holiday cancelled and finally one or two kids heading back to Uni, I decided that it was time for a long weekend away with Mrs SD. Usually [more…]
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Arts
Art in the Cocklecroft Towers, Part Three
“Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be.” William Hazlitt I hope [more…]
Authoritarianism
Dystopia, Dystopia, wherefore art thou Dystopia?
Imagine…if you will… a world where the swivelled-eyed views of David Icke & Peter Hitchins, BaPH, & even Q Anon (FFS) are all moving towards the realms of what a growing number of people are [more…]
20th Century
The Bomber Command and USAAF Bombing of Dresden, 13-15th February 1945, Part One
When he became Air Officer Commanding (AOC) of Bomber Command and at the start of the bombing campaign, Harris said, quoting the Old Testament: The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that [more…]
20th Century
The Bland Generation?
I visited the Titanic museum in Belfast today. On the way I passed a young lad of about 15 years of age dressed as a skinhead. He looked the part. Ox blood 18 hole DMs, [more…]
Animals
Wildfowling: The magic of the foreshore
Wildfowling is sometimes known as goose fever, for it is about the most addictive of the shooting sports. There is something primal about being out in the tidal marshes on a moonlit night, or a [more…]
America
“The U.S. economy felt like a balloon in search of a needle” – Part I
Interview with Robert Mark As we move deeper and deeper into this covid crisis, more and more people understand that there’s a lot more to fear besides the disease itself. As the economic impact and [more…]
18th Century
Sophie Germain Primes and Cunningham Chains
A Sophie Germain prime is a prime number such that is also a prime number. That is, , where and are both prime. For example, . The sequence begins Sophie Germain () explored these primes [more…]
Fiction
War Crimes Part 27 – Death in the Algarve
The Transavia flight from Charles de Gaulle Airport, touched down at Lisbon thirty minutes behind schedule. The passenger who had been sitting in the starboard isle seat by the over wing exit, waited for the [more…]