18th Century | Going Postal

Art

12th December 2019 Colin Cross 0

I won’t lie, I like art, I like visiting galleries, I even like some “modern” art, although there are limits, as you can see from the featured image above. A sandwich wrapper, carefully torn to [more…]

Are the aims of nationalism and protectionism the same?

18th November 2019 Emile Woolf 0

The ideology of “nationalism” is characterised by the unstinting promotion of a particular nation’s interests, possibly regardless of detriment caused to the interests of other nations. Nationalism may therefore be considered a form of patriotism, [more…]

Postcard From Cumbria (A Week in the Lake District) Part One

14th October 2019 Colin Cross 0

Some of you may remember that back in 2017 Mrs. C and I (it was all her plan really) made it our business to do 40 things together to celebrate having been married for 40 [more…]

Globalism v. Nationalism Revisited

19th March 2019 0

A while ago I wrote a piece on Globalism v. Nationalism. In essence I argued that the old Left v. Right politics was breaking down, and that instead politics was realigning on Globalist v. Nationalist [more...]
Némésis – Book 2 Part 3

27th October 2019 0

Cécile passed the language course with considerable effort on her part. The history and culture aspect she found to be relatively easy and she did surprisingly well in written Arabic, but she struggled on the [more...]
The Unseen Path – Part One

16th December 2017 1,317

It Begins The man about to die pulled the green framed glass door shut and glanced furtively up and down the street before locking the door and placing the key in his jacket pocket. His [more...]
Roger Ackroyd’s Question Time Review

5th July 2019 0

Question Time 4th July 2019 Panel: Tom Harwood: Nazi, Far Right, Criminal, Liar and Leaver (the epithets as appearing on the QT tweet line) Martin Lewis: Financial Journo Sian Berry: Green eco-loon. Remainer Louise Haigh: [more...]
The Unseen Path – Part Thirty Two

14th April 2018 0

By the time Sam got back, filthy, wet, tired and beaming from the day’s exertions, the fragile atmosphere that had pervaded the house had relaxed at least a couple of notches. Sally explained to him [more...]