Authoritarianism
OTF: The Age of Indulgence
Introduction This article will argue that we have left the age of reason and entered the age of indulgence. It will look at the root causes. It will explore how the effects of this have [more…]
Religion
History
Postcard From Manipur
In seach of a hidden gem “Lucky bugger,” muttered Swiss Bob as he sat beside the log fire at the staff end of the Explorer’s Room in the exclusive Going Post Gentleman’s (Ladies welcome) Club [more…]
Diary
A View From The Greenhouse; Eid Mubarak, Suckers
Along with every other part of the country we’ve had a bit of “Man Climate Change Made Warming Cool Global” weather over the last couple of weeks or so, (more of which later) which has [more…]
Arts
A Postcard From India; Gandhi, His Politics, The People
As I’ve said before during this series of posts, following my recent trip to The Sub Continent, India is a land of often stark contrasts. Its population (official figure) is approaching 1.5 billion people, nobody [more…]
Arts
A Postcard From India; Road Trip Part 2- Karauli, Bharatpur, Agra, Delhi
Following a long drive from Jaipur, through small towns and vast open countryside, complete with a break at one of the roadside “Hotels”, we arrived at Bhanwar Vilas Palace which is now, in part a [more…]
19th Century
The Wild West Trail, Part One
First of a new series by my uncle John Alldridge. This article first appeared in the Derby Evening Telegraph in November 1967 – Jerry F Just 139 years ago, on a powdery ledge of sandstone [more…]
Arts
A Postcard From India; Delhi
I thought long and hard(ish) on how I could start off a series of “Postcards” about our trip to India. The whole thing came about following an off the cuff remark whilst discussing, with my [more…]
Economics
OTF (Own Two Feet) Party, Part Fifteen
This has been an article that has evolved during the writing of the rest of the series. Initially more about introspection. It is now also an amendment of the start of the series and a [more…]
Book Review
The Adam and Eve Story
I came across this book that had been scanned into a PDF and loaded on a website. Not a book that I would normally read, but it piqued my interest. It proffers the theory that [more…]