Health
SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 update 6
I’ve been keeping my head down of late. There is little point in engaging in fruitless argument with those whose mindset is fixed on a particular world view, and irrespective of who is right or [more…]
Science
Arts
The Virus Circle – An Object Lesson on Socialist Economics
It’s not quite like having to start the economy from scratch, but this lockdown-induced recession warrants some detached assessment. We are aware that viable businesses have been forced to close their doors – or keep [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary Week Thirty Eight
Monday As you’ll already know Bozzie was discharged from hospital late yesterday morning. I knew something was happening when the Little Otter and the Mutt turned up, so I hung around downstairs so as not [more…]
Arts
The Home Engineer, Part One
Most men, and not a few women judging by the amount of lady machinists who have YouTube Channels, at some point or another in their lives yearn for a workshop. Now, there are a few, [more…]
Engineering
“And what have the Romans ever done for us?”
Introduction It is interesting that in Monty Python’s ‘Life of Brian’ when Reg , the leader of The People’s Front of Judaea, poses that question the very first response he receives from his gang of [more…]
Business
You vaccinate me so
I’ve been talking to people, way more than I would ever talk to them, people are fine in short bursts, fifteen or twenty minutes is usually enough but in this wonderful, whacky world of lock-down-in-up [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary Week Thirty Seven
Monday What a lovely day yesterday; the sun got a bit too warm for me and I had to retreat from the windowsill to sleep on Bozzie’s office chair, well he isn’t using it just [more…]
Arts
Britain under lockdown
In the space of a few weeks, the Overton window has been moved so far to the left, it has shattered. Whereas before teh virus, the left were only talking about refusing treatment to smokers and [more…]
Arts
A bird in a gilded cage
My lockdown is idyllic, I am one of the most fortunate people in England at the moment. We have a smallholding in the East Riding of Yorkshire, close to the river Derwent which is the border between [more…]