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Book Review: The Shortest History of England

2nd August 2024 Always Worth Saying 3868 Comments

‘The Shortest History of England’ by James Hawes is not too short and tops the scales at 272 pages. A bright chap, the 64-year-old writer graduated in German from Hertford College, Oxford, and studied for [more…]

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Are all civilisations doomed to fail?

28th January 2024 Grimy Miner 2099 Comments

  Throughout history we have seen great civilisations rise, decline and fall. History has this annoying habit of repeating itself, none more so than in the case of human endeavour. As someone famous once said [more…]

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The York Cohort

19th November 2023 Blown Periphery 1925 Comments

In 1953 Harry Martingale an apprentice plumber was working in the cellar of the Treasurers House in York. The building had been acquired by the National Trust in 1930 and it required extensive restorative work. [more…]

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Detour To The Eternal City

13th May 2023 Always Worth Saying 2666 Comments

We interrupt my grandparents’ 1950s Continental road trip to bring Puffins a contemporary photo montage just arrived via that modern-day family photo album that is Instant Messenger. Inspired by childhood dinner table tall tales of [more…]

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Corruption of the currency and decivilization, part 2

3rd November 2021 Going Postal 4229 Comments

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…]

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Corruption of the currency and decivilization, part 1

1st November 2021 Going Postal 2785 Comments

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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A New Dark Age

12th November 2020 Godfrey Bloom 3164 Comments

I have been struggling for a reasonable historical analogy to illustrate  where the western democracies are going today. As we have clearly entered a new dark age I do not intend to  hypothesise when exactly [more…]

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Poor Understanding of Monetary Theory Leads to Disastrous Government Policies

19th August 2020 Patrick Barron 3711 Comments

Austrian School economists know that unsound money has been at the heart of disastrous government policies since time immemorial. The greater the ignorance of money the greater the monetary debasement in order to fund government’s [more…]

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A Glass Half Full

17th July 2020 Going Postal 5572 Comments

In a previous article, I asked whether you had ever gazed into your pint and wondered about the beginnings of beer and brewing. This time, I’ll ask you another question. It’s about the pint pot [more…]

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