Business
Where do our rates go?
For overseas readers rates are what we Brits call property tax. It goes to local government which dwells in the marble halls of our kingdom. If you find yourself in a north of England depressed [more…]
Business
Business
Challenges & Opportunities – As Never Before
The pace of change on the political spectrum is truly bewildering for mere onlookers; and as for the usual clutch of clueless columnists and TV “interviewers”, no matter how measured their misguided speculations may sound, [more…]
Business
Spare a Thought (or Prayer) for the New PM – and his Chancellor
The global economy is entering dangerous territory. In Britain’s case, the standard scapegoat for any slowdown is Brexit, of course. But how to explain the contraction in other major manufacturing countries? Forewarnings of serious decline [more…]
20th Century
Advertising
Advertising seems to be almost everywhere these days, I don’t really object to it in principle as, without it, much of the world as we know it would look very different, but much modern advertising [more…]
19th Century
Women of the 18th and 19th Century (An occasional series) 1. Sarah Losh
Sometimes I get to wondering, do things simply happen randomly or do they happen for a reason? Like many other people, no doubt, I’ve been watching “Gentleman Jack”, the dramatised version of The Diaries of [more…]
Arts
Targeted Advertising
A little while ago I paid my bill at the Supermarket checkout and along with my receipt I received a voucher for a £1 off Tena Lady pads! I wondered why I had been targeted [more…]
Business
The Necessary and Inevitable Recession to Come
Perhaps the most destructive premise of modern, mainstream economics is that a central bank-induced monetary/credit expansion can cause an economy to grow without adverse consequences. Let’s be perfectly clear from the start…this policy has been [more…]
Business
Thoughts on Legal Tender & Games of Pretence
Few people understand the purpose of so-called “legal tender”. It is widely believed that the government’s legal tender laws protect citizens’ money by formally designating it as the official medium for the settlement of transactions. [more…]
Arts
Renault Trucks T range review by Wooshy
As many of you will know, in 2018 I bought a Volvo FH16 750. However for the last 3 years previous I have predominantly run Renault Trucks, in 2015 Renault Trucks released their new T [more…]