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Book Review: A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles by Thomas Sowell – Part 2

17th October 2019 The Black Swan 0

Published by Quill, an imprint of William Morrow & Co. 1988 paperback edition (first published 1987) ISBN 0-688-07951-2 In the previous part of this review and discussion, we looked at Part I of Thomas Sowell’s [more…]

Book Review: A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles by Thomas Sowell – Part 1

10th October 2019 The Black Swan 0

Published by Quill, an imprint of William Morrow & Co. 1988 paperback edition (first published 1987) ISBN 0-688-07951-2 Having reflected on how often he had encountered the concept of ‘visions’ in his work over the [more…]

Postcard from Lille, Part 2

19th January 2019 0

First Class Previously I regularly visited the continent travelling by train, ferry and hovercraft. Subsequently I went via the channel tunnel but before the high speed rail link to St Pancras had been completed. After [more...]
A History of Pop Music – 1957

26th October 2018 0

Featured Song: – Buddy Holly – That’ll Be The Day This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 when they [more...]
The Unseen Path – Part Fifteen

14th February 2018 0

Sally Bowson couldn’t settle that afternoon. Over a late lunch she had pressed both Martha and her husband about the priest-monk’s fables. They had smiled patiently, confirming them, insisting that those in Holy Orders would [more...]
There Will Be No Water Cannons To Wash Away The Rivers Of Blood

22nd November 2018 0

It’s another week and yes yet another mutual masturbation circle of outrage on social media over complete trivia. I speak this time of the confected “shock” that the water cannons originally purchased by Boris in [more...]
Postcard from Lille, Part 7

2nd March 2019 0

We’re off to Lille as a family group. We’re travelling by train the length of England from the Bad Lands to the White Cliffs of Dover. And, dear reader, if you will allow me to [more...]