Arts
Gastarbeiter
First a caveat. In the following, there are no commando raids, aristocratic murders, medieval siege engines or scenes of hot sex on a Makati pool table. If that’s you want, scroll straight down to the [more…]
Blog
Mathematics
Throwing apples at scientists…
In part one we covered the basics of motion, some definitions, a few useful equations, units of measurement and similar governing constant linear acceleration. This time we are going to look at Newton’s three laws [more…]
20th Century
Operation Keelhaul
Come the end of the second world war, the last thing Stalin wanted was any number of Russians who were potentially his enemies wandering around the Western countries. To ensure this did not happen his [more…]
Arts
PMQs with Going Postal
Agenda Oral questions: International Development Bribery & Corruption Money (including Topical Questions) Bo-Jo the Ho-Ho’s Question Time Opposition Day Debate: Home Affairs Adjournment: Redevelopment of Wards Corner The Tottenham turnip
Fiction
Joe Malone, Part Forty-Six
I wanted some answers. I wanted some answers right now. And people in this house were going to give them to me. Lady Vanessa, for one. Ch 46 – Honey, I’m Home! I stood up [more…]
Authoritarianism
Hong Kong – The whiff of tear gas
There has been something of a lull in Hong Kong recently: Christmas, Calendar New Year and the Lunar New year to come at the end of the week have contributed to a pause in the [more…]
Fiction
The Book of Ruin – Book One, Ch. One
BOOK ONE, A RUINOUS FEUD . It is in an old, roofless, dilapidated building, without windows or doors, more a few piles of rubble than a building, set in a devastated, once-urban wilderness, two hundred [more…]
Human Interest
What does it take to be a man?
Apart from the song by the US band Boston, who sadly managed to enthusiastically embrace the “Touchy feely” spectrum ruining an otherwise excellent song, this is a genuine question. In this age of mass gender [more…]
Fiction
Némésis – Book 3 Part 3
Halward’s Road Trip 16th February 2018 The lead vehicle saw the following command Supacat grind to a halt and doubled back. The crew had dismounted and Ellis and Carson were under the vehicle. James Ellis [more…]