Economics
OTF (Own Two Feet) Party, Part Five
Fairly taxing thoughts… In this article, I hope to think through a fair taxation system. What to tax and why. I am starting from the ground up and paying no attention to the fact that [more…]
Arts
19th Century
Sabrage, or how to show off at parties
You have all seen old Hollywood movies showing Napoleonic cavalry officers celebrating by cutting the tops off of champagne bottles. The name for this is sabrage. As with most things in movies there is some [more…]
Arts
The Detritus of Death
I was thinking about a title for this article for some time and “The Detritus of Death” was the best I could come up with – even if it does sound like a Doctor Who [more…]
20th Century
Nostalgia Album, Conquering The Long Mountain
Col d’Aspin Last time on Nostalgia Album the heroic Ford 8, with a hiccup or two, commenced an odd zig-zag route across the Pyrenees as part of my father and grandparent’s 1952 return journey from [more…]
20th Century
My Legends of Pop Music – Part Fifty-Seven – Darts
I do like good old rock ‘n’ roll. Happy music, singalong, dance, be merry. Darts seemed to be on ToTP just about every week, so many happy memories. One of those bands that you just [more…]
Arts
Towers And Lovers
The train from Cartagena is eleven minutes late arriving into Alicante and almost twenty minutes behind schedule by the time it leaves for Zaragoza. Not that anyone minds, it is the way of the things [more…]
Economics
OTF (Own Two Feet) Party, Part Four
This section is where I feel all parties fail abysmally. And I see no reason to believe Reform etc would be any different. It is also my only gripe with (far better) writers on GP, [more…]
21st Century
A View From The Greenhouse; Murder Most Foul
It’s that time again; when we get so far into the season it’s hard to think of “interesting” things to write about where vegetables are concerned, that I haven’t already mentioned at least half a [more…]
Arts
The Day I Kicked The TV Habit
The first of August 2022 marked the second anniversary of the day I kicked the TV habit, and binned the Telly Tax. I wasn’t that surprised at how easy it was to give up watching [more…]