Health
Remembering An Old Flame, Part Three
Whilst working in Essex I’d had my fair share of treating celebrities and the famous. There was an ex Milky Bar kid, then in his 30’s with dreadful teeth but still living the dream [more…]
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Engineering
I Learned About Flying From That
When I was a young boy, I hated flying. I mean, really hated it. I think it was due to a traumatic flying experience on a transatlantic flight to Florida in a 747, back in [more…]
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The Liar, The Witch and The Wardrobe
When I took the Libyan job there was nothing in the job description that mentioned furckling around in a dictator’s mouth. Had there been, I still would have signed up. The position I had been [more…]
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The Internet is Simple, Part Four
“File:Stickmen Free Speech Oppression.svg” by JasonCarswell is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 You will probably want to read Part One, Part Two and Part Three of this series before continuing… The UK, of course, ever [more…]
Arts
On the Fringe at The Fringe
After an absence of six years I finally returned for my annual Edinburgh Fringe holiday. In the past I went religiously every year prior to taking on my doctorate and whilst I missed going for [more…]
Arts
Visit To A West End Musical
[FACT] Coming from a family with an ancestral musical heritage I was taught to appreciate all types of music and although I can’t hold a note or play an instrument, unlike other members of my [more…]
Literature
Sky News: ‘Why cant we give these Refugees, shelter from the storm??’
SkyNews Starting off with a sacchrin sweet Richard curtis Style report on refugees rescued in the Med before Seamlessly mixing in David Cronenberg disturbing images of Refugees from Libya , bobbing about on the high [more…]
Health
A (Libyan) Bridge Too Far
This is under a Nom de Plume or rather a Nom de Pixel, but many of you will know me by my usual commenting persona. The reason being, well why not? And you never know. [more…]
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“Everyone is a Nazi!” The Balkanisation of Politics
The Poison of Identity Politics Identity politics is the in thing. This is the idea that who you are determines where you are on the political spectrum. How you think and feel about things should [more…]