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Men Among the Ruins: Julius Evola – Orientations (1950)

11th November 2021 Going Postal 0

Introduction Julius Evola was an Italian philosopher who lived from 1898 to 1974. I was recently introduced to him by the Academic Agent, who devoted a day of programmes to him on his YouTube channel. [more…]

20th Century

Mystery Album, Part Eight

6th November 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

There are pleasures even the most adventurous of lives can deny a gentleman. Despite the tales of derring-do from his previous life more interesting (occasionally mildly exaggerated), there are places your author has rarely visited [more…]

20th Century

My Legends of Pop Music – Part Seventeen – Pussycat

5th November 2021 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

My Legends of Pop Music – Part Seventeen – Pussycat If I get this right, there will be many cover versions by future bands. I shall try and link live versions if they exist from [more…]

20th Century

Report From Kenya, March 1955

4th November 2021 Going Postal 0

Two years into the Mau Mau emergency, my uncle John Alldridge reported from Kenya for the Manchester Evening News in March, 1955 – Jerry F.   Tactical Force Headquarters East Africa Command Nyeri, Kenya, Monday [more…]

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Corruption of the currency and decivilization, part 2

3rd November 2021 Going Postal 0

Gold-backed civilization vs. the Welfare State Many rational economists and students of history have written countless analyses on the gold standard and the terrible impact that its end has had on the world economy. However, [more…]

20th Century

The .303 Pattern 1914 – the Best Battle Rifle the British Army Never Had?

2nd November 2021 Tom Pudding 0

Introduction The humiliations suffered by the British Army at the hands of untrained Boer irregulars during the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902 caused a great deal of concern at the War Office where questions were soon [more…]

20th Century

Postcard From Summer 1954, Part Two – Brighton

1st November 2021 Going Postal 0

In 1954, the Manchester Evening News launched a “Special Investigation” and tasked my uncle, John Alldridge, with answering the question – Holidaymakers, do you get value for your MONEY? What follows is his report on [more…]

20th Century

The Desert War – October 1941

1st November 2021 well_chuffed 0

We reach October 80 years ago and it is still fairly quiet on the ground in North Africa but the Royal Navy is still busy. The big news this month is that there is a [more…]

Economics

Corruption of the currency and decivilization, part 1

1st November 2021 Going Postal 0

The rise and fall of the Roman Empire is arguably one the most studied, written about and theorized over subjects in academia, with fiery debates raging for hundreds of years among historians, sociologists and political [more…]

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