Arts

Shunting Review

13th July 2018 Sweaty Dave 0

Some of you who have stumbled upon this wonderful site in recent weeks and months may be wondering what various references to shunting and occasional photos of a railway scene are all about. You may [more…]

Beware of Geeks bearing GIFs, Going Postal

The Persuasive Power of The Narrative™

28th June 2018 Beware of Geeks bearing GIFs 0

Whenever I go to a supermarket and look for washing powder, I am influenced by advertising, even if I think I’m not. I’m intelligent, I know when this ad thing kicks in, I can recognise [more…]

Far Right?

25th June 2018 Jonathon Davies 0

“What about the far right!” is the cry from the mainstream media and the left of politics. It’s the phrase we hear again and again, over and over. It is thrown around with seemingly wild [more…]

The Unseen Path – Part Fifty Three

23rd June 2018 1642again 0

Helena sat down at the bedside, handed over more grapes, a small bag containing some of his things, razor, tooth brush, that sort of thing. He was smiling at her in a lop-sided way. “I [more…]

A New Dark Age

19th June 2018 Æthelberht 0

Godfrey Bloom recently made an appearance on Infowars with Alex Jones where he stated we are heading into a new Dark Age. I don’t think he’s far off the mark at all. We’ve already had [more…]

Media Favourites

15th June 2018 Jonathon Davies 0

You have probably noticed by now that the media likes to play favourites. Certain groups get far more attention, and praise is lavished upon them. Indeed, in some cases it seems that they can do [more…]

My word is my bond

14th June 2018 El Cnutador 0

“File:Handshake (16671886014).jpg” by Mark Morgan from Trinidad is licensed under CC BY 2.0 Much has been made in recent days on “bond rolls” and “gilts”. As a technologist working in the financial sector I get [more…]

The Bid Process

5th June 2018 Leopard 0

In every bid process it is important to identify who you are dealing with, the first is pretty obvious – your customer, or potential customer at least. Keep them sweet, give them what they want [more…]

This Septic Eye – The Acceptance Speech

5th June 2018 Viciousbutfair 0

ER: “Philip, is he still here then, the Septic Eye fellow?” DoE: “I think so, thought he’d buggered off but he’s back like a bad penny. What does he bloody want now?” Thanks Maj and [more…]