Arts
Slow train to Mokpo
After a month near Suwon studying the language, I felt ready for the road. I didn’t really have a travel plan. I just wanted to see as much of the country as I could over [more…]
Blog
Authoritarianism
The Great Lie of All Tyrants
The forces of totalitarianism have been chiseling away feverishly at our liberties for many years now. Their efforts have taken the guise of radical equalitarianism (income redistribution), radical diversity (whom one may hire or accept [more…]
20th Century
The Spitfire, of course, Part 2
A couple of years ago I wrote an article here concerning the design of the Spitfire and questioned its status as the best fighter of WWII. I mentioned in that article a follow up piece [more…]
Arts
PMQs with Going Postal
Agenda Prime Minister’s Question Time Featured image Robert Pittman – Licence CC BY-ND 2.0
Arts
Book Review: Agent Running in the Field by John le Carré
A while ago this reviewer attended a lecture. The subject was ten books that had changed the world. Delivered by Melvyn Bragg, author of a work of the same name, having been talked through three [more…]
Arts
Postcard from Penarth
A little confession first. This is a bit of a cheat ‘postcard’ because, although I have visited this lovely seaside town many times, I also lived there for a blissful year or so, overlooking Cardiff [more…]
Gardening
Garden Project update
Thank you for your kind comments upon part 1. In this one we get to a point where I can sit down in comfort. Day 6 Keep on digging We left it with half a [more…]
Business
Macroeconomics? The highway to collectivism
It is noticeable that the Covid-inspired devastation has brought out a sizeable crop of (apparently) sane economists who claim that we should stop worrying because it’s all OK, really. The Treasury should carry on printing [more…]
Economics
The War On Cash – COVID Edition Part I
The corona crisis has already taken a very high toll and caused deep damage in our societies and our economies, the extent of which is yet to become apparent. We have seen its impact on [more…]