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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

10th January 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 9th January 2020 Panel: Brandon Lewis (Conservative) Clive Lewis (Labour) Anne McElvoy (The Economist) Miatta Fahnbulleh (New Economics Foundation) Max Hastings (Writer) Venue: Oxford For a short while longer, dear reader, we will [more…]

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Going Postal with Question Time

9th January 2020 Going Postal 0

Graphic EJ – Updated by Sam. Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Oxford. On the panel are: Brandon Lewis MP, minister for security and deputy for EU Exit and No Deal preparation, [more…]

16th Century

The Grand Siege of Malta 1565 – Part 4

9th January 2020 Blown Periphery 0

Senglea and Birgu On the day St Elmo fell La Valette received news that a relief force had landed in the north of the island. Under pressure from the Order, the Viceroy had sent two [more…]

21st Century

Pandora’s Bug

9th January 2020 Tachybaptus 0

How long ago it seems! But it is barely four years since I was a senior researcher at Porton Down, sitting on a shiny chair at a varnished desk and tapping the delicate keyboard of [more…]

20th Century

The Morgenthau Plan behind the scenes

8th January 2020 well_chuffed 0

Having written about the Morgenthau Plan, I finally found my book that detailed all the behind the scenes machinations involved in producing the Plan. It is not a pretty sight seeing as many of those [more…]

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Economics

Central Banks: Enemies of Freedom

8th January 2020 Patrick Barron 0

Central banks are enemies of a free and prosperous society. Let me count the ways. Like the military, central banks are creatures of the state. Suggestions of them being independent are pure fantasy. There is [more…]

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Joe Malone, Part Forty-Three

7th January 2020 Going Postal 0

I let the breath I’d been holding go and pulled the handle right down and towards me and door opened and the alarm bells rang like a fire engine. Ch 43 – Dark, Warm, Soft [more…]

Conservatives

A question of balance

7th January 2020 Rookwood 0

Many will look upon the recent result of the 2019 election, if not with outright joy, but with a certain degree of self disciplined satisfaction. Some will look upon the unrestrained rout of the Labour [more…]

Cooking

Vanilla Ice Cream Terrine with Ginger, Chocolate and Salted Caramel

6th January 2020 OldTrout 0

1 litre vanilla ice cream 100g stem ginger biscuits/cookies 100g dark chocolate 125g salted caramel cream sauce You can buy salted caramel cream sauce or make your own in ten minutes. To make your own [more…]

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