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Milestones in Nineteenth Century Firearms Development, Part One

7th January 2019 Tom Pudding 0

Some weeks ago, and quite by chance, a friend offered to sell me a rare mid-19th century rifle, the design of which I had long found to be of interest. Although I was not at [more…]

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A Bear’s Diary – Part 4

6th January 2019 Tachybaptus 0

September 19th, 1808, Lisbon. We are in port at last, and I am glad to have my paws on the ground. It was a difficult passage out of the Channel, and we had to tack [more…]

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A Bear’s Diary – Part 3

30th December 2018 Tachybaptus 0

June 12th, 1808. I take up my pen again in London, where Jem and I have arrived after our hasty departure from Cambridge. It is quite understandable that Jem, unpaid by his lordship for more [more…]

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A Bear’s Diary – Part 2

23rd December 2018 Tachybaptus 0

March 6th, 1807. George is off to Italy, where I am sure he will have a capital time ogling churches and whores, and buying paintings that might be by Salvator Rosa but are probably not. [more…]

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A Bear’s Diary – Part 1

16th December 2018 Tachybaptus 0

Cambridge, Novr. 6th, 1805. I did not dance well at the Bonfire Night show on Midsummer Common. Afterwards, Fred said to me, ‘Daisy, me ole dear. Yer knows and I knows yer gettin’ a bit [more…]

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The Fallacy of the Labour Theory of Value in 5 mins

13th November 2018 Shibusa 0

The Labour Theory of Value (LTV) has always been of interest to me. It is the theory on which nearly all Marxian school of thought rests – debunk the LTV, and you’ve essentially debunked the [more…]

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