Hobbies
Crossword No. 84
First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a GP mug of your choice, or GP beer mats. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm tomorrow subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Last weeks’ winner. [more…]
Blog
Arts
Going Postal with Question Time
Graphic EJ – Updated by Sam. Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Southampton. Set your Disqus comments to newest. Do not post music videos during QT.
Fiction
Joe Malone, Part Thirty
I could see a church spire up ahead. Excellent, I thought, as I made my way along the street towards the church. I stopped across the road to observe the place for a moment. “The [more…]
Communism
Das Projekt Europa: The “good” Totalitarianism
Over the last few years, I have been watching with utter disbelief the extent to which the democratic process in this country has been dismantled. It has now come to a point where governmental business-as-usual [more…]
Economics
The Road to Serfdom – by the example of Venezuela – Part I
“Venezuela is the current poster child of interventionist failure” When looking at the quality of the media coverage of Venezuela’s crisis and the interpretations of the factors that caused it, the superficiality of most analyses [more…]
Fiction
Némésis – Part 10
A gentle reminder that this is fiction. I don’t make moral judgements on fictional characters, especially those operating in a morally ambiguous setting. If you find it upsetting, read the comments instead, although I know [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary Week Three
Monday Another week and Brexit is still all I’m hearing as I get stuck into my Breakfast (not sure what this is, I suspect it might be some cheapo stuff from Lidil as they had [more…]
Arts
Postcard from Lille, Part 30
I don’t know if you’re familiar with Conrad’s ‘Heart of Darkness’? If not, as usual, put this nonsense to one side and find a copy. I realised that I wasn’t particularly well read the day I dropped the iPad in the bath. Don’t laugh, it was plugged into the [more…]
Hobbies
Crossword No. 83
First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a GP mug of your choice, or GP beer mats. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm tomorrow subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Last weeks’ winner. [more…]