Animals
Reasons to be cheerful
Having lurked around these parts for a while quietly enjoying the conversation, I know that a lot of people on here worry about what sort of world our children will inherit. Although reports on the [more…]
Culture
Arts
Postcard from Lille Part 56
Before I start, Gisele is a flowery writer and is prone to exaggeration. Aren’t we all? She is also prone to acting on those exaggerations, therefore we must take what she says seriously. Plus, across [more…]
Arts
Worst first day
Firstly JGM2 this was going to be a reply to you but upon its length I decided to submit it for an article: I got a new job as a van driver, large firm based [more…]
Arts
Postcard from Lille Part 55
At the end of a veranda, which separated the novice nun’s dormitory from the school’s basketball court, was a ‘shower’. A pyramid of plastic buckets sat below a tap which part filled them as it [more…]
Arts
How I built an evil, far-right, nationalist news aggregator
The original idea for therightup.news came from a conversation with a politically left-leaning friend about a year ago. While we’re worlds apart in our politics, we found some common ground in a shared view that [more…]
Arts
Free Speech with Dr Ginsberg
I had a rare opportunity to speak to one of the foremost advocates of free speech recently, Dr Ernst Stavro Ginsberg, this was just some of the insight from this conversation. Q I understand that [more…]
Arts
Postcard from Lille Part 54
Lille, Nord Pas de Calais. 26 November 2018 11:04 am In Lille, the six of us wander the Boulevards, very impressive they are too. Making for the Lille Eye, a giant Ferris wheel installed for [more…]
Arts
Postcard from Ruthin
A few days ago I spent a morning in Ruthin. My car needed some work and the nearest main dealer is there, so I dropped it off and went for a walk. Ruthin is a [more…]
Arts
Postcard from Lille Part 53
The road took the route of least resistance. It followed the coast to the nearest sizeable town and then swung inland, following rivers and valleys into the interior. The dropping tide lapped the edge of [more…]