Podcast Review: Uncanny.
Is Danny Robins a journalist or something nearer to a faith representative? Is Uncanny, his latest podcast on BBC Sounds, …
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2021 in the words of Tychy et al.
Whitty: Thank you. Next slide please. I’d like to commence my update today by singing a song to you. I’d …
Podcast Review: Coffee House Shots.
Coffee House Shots is a podcast about Westminster politics from the right-leaning Spectator magazine. The magazine’s political editor James Forsyth, …
Where Is “Home” For The Book Of Deer?
I am a reader of Lorna Corall Dey’s blog Lena the Hyena and a tremendous admirer of it. Lorna is …
COVID-19 Vaccines and Bodily Autonomy.
I mean it’s not… I mean, I don’t… we are fortunate in this country that although we have vaccine hesitancy …
Just Let Them In.
These days you are able to consume the UK’s media coverage only piecemeal or in dribs and drabs. If you …
Some More Nuts and Bolts of Edinburgh’s Economy.
There are two restaurants in this article. By chance, I was in the Southsider pub yesterday when I met a …
Winners and Losers from Rising Wages and Falling Ones.
The three months before June had marked an annual rise of 5.2% in average regular pay, as measured in real …
Some Nuts and Bolts of Edinburgh’s Economy.
When I was leaving for work this morning, Polly and Tori were both on their knees in a cleared space …
A Marxist Interpretation of the Taliban’s Victory.
I have not so far encountered a Marxist or a neo-Marxist interpretation of the Taliban’s recent victory that has satisfactorily …
YouTube Review: Vic Berger and Aamon Animations.
Is the work of the “hyperreal” YouTube channels Vic Berger and Aamon Animations actually meaningful as political satire? The one …
You Read It Here First.
Yesterday, the Taliban finally seized Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, ending a NATO intervention in that country that has haunted politics throughout …
The Noctes Ambrosianae (No 26).
[SCENE: The courtyard of the Peartree. It is early afternoon and James is sitting at a picnic table in the …
Two Stars, Gone From The Sky.
I’ll close today with an oft-told story from the earliest days of my nation. It’s said that as Benjamin Franklin …
A Marxist Reading of the Lockdown.
In the UK, there cannot be many people left now who in their heart of hearts think that the lockdown …
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