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The Rise of Russian Regional Hegemony

31st March 2022 Going Postal 3786 Comments

Would that Churchill be still among us A close friend with excellent credentials to discuss international politics and economics recently told me that with possible settlement talks starting between Russia and Ukraine it appears Ukraine [more…]

20th Century

Ice cream

30th March 2022 Rookwood 3879 Comments

I have a number of very simple rules that I follow in life. The first is that wherever possible, I do everything in my power to live at peace with all men. This quite naturally, [more…]

America

Order Order

2nd December 2021 Rookwood 4146 Comments

I really don’t know the definitive date when the Rubicon was crossed. Like many of these things, rather than an instantaneous change, we have been subject to a corrosive deterioration of good sense, moral values [more…]

Cooking

A rather respectable lasagne

30th November 2021 Rookwood 4488 Comments

Want to cause an argument? Especially with an Italian? Bring up the subject of Italian food, the ingredients, the cooking methodology and it is like releasing a instant verbal and emotional whirlwind. No Italian dish [more…]

America

Where have all the CEOs gone?

23rd November 2021 Rookwood 3891 Comments

“Boardroom” by TChapman9 is licensed under CC BY 2.0 According to NBC News, if you choose to place any faith whatsoever in the corrupt and corporatised media, over 1300 CEOs left their post just before the outbreak of the [more…]

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Oh well, there dies another article on the altar of censorship

27th October 2021 Rookwood 3741 Comments

We are all very familiar with the axiom of Murphy’s or Sod’s law, if something can go wrong, it will. I was 750 words into my latest article on the horrific political assassination of Sir [more…]

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Social care is finished

13th September 2021 Rookwood 1806 Comments

Rapidly heading towards the sunset of my life, I write this article with much sadness in my heart. Not because of the natural onward march of time, nor any real angst at the fact that [more…]

Islam

Without compassion for even our fiercest enemies, we are but like them

6th September 2021 Rookwood 3208 Comments

I’m probably going to get myself into a lot of trouble here with the “Hang ’em and flog ’em” brigade, but being controversial and willing to think things through for myself has never hindered me [more…]

Cooking

A truly cracking Biryani

23rd August 2021 Rookwood 3013 Comments

We are fortunate at chez Rookwood to offer our guests a wide variety of cuisine, everything from Scottish and English to Italian, French, German, Chinese and Indian. The latter is a bit of a misnomer [more…]

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