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A View From (A Harbour Some Miles Away From) The Greenhouse; On “Northerner-Ness”

18th August 2026 Colin Cross 0

When I was at school, many moons ago now, history was something that was taught to us without the strictures surrounding Colonialism, White Supremacy, Racism and the usual “phobia”. When I discovered that a replica [more…]

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Crom’s Deep Dive: Richard III, Act 1 Scene 1

18th March 2023 Going Postal 0

A small confession: my first introduction to this opening soliloquy was as a child on a Saturday afternoon from none other than Arnold Judas Rimmer in Red Dwarf. He and Lister are marooned and, to [more…]

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The Amazing Life (And Death) of Xpoual (Es-po-al) De Colon

26th September 2022 Going Postal 0

There is no definitive date for the birth of Xpoual de Colon. It is believed he was born between August 26th and October 31st in 1451 in Genoa, although there are also claims that he [more…]

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Disintermediation

9th February 2020 1642again 0

My first job was as a graduate trainee for a merchant bank in the City in the late 1980s and among the many buzzwords that the Slick Willies of that profession used to bandy about [more…]

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