ARTS & CULTURE View More
Vivian Maier’s Eye on the World
The extraordinary story of Vivian Maier, nanny and covert street photographer is almost too strange to be true. This uncanny photographic talent, with a brilliant…
Sisu – Comic Strip Carnage
North Finland at the tail end of WW2. A lone, grizzled miner, his one-eyed dog and horse search for gold in an austerely beautiful landscape.…
POLITICS View More
The Crash of 2024
Is the convergence of multiple financial storms going to produce an economic crisis? The modern Imperial system has been undergoing a severe buffeting: Ukraine and…
Private Islands and Corporate States
Let’s say you had a civil dispute with someone over money. Eventually you have to take them to public court and a legal system with…
2023 – The Tipping Point for the US Empire?
Suez: 1956, the French and British attempt to seize the Suez Canal. The United States says, no. The two ailing empires back down, and they…
Casino – A Metaphor for the Corruption of the USA?
Nicholas Pileggi’s book Casino, later made into a powerful film by Martin Scorsese, seems on re-reading to be a metaphor for the corruption of the…
Will Britain Become a Failed State?
A corrupt oligarchical state, riven with factions with irreconcilable differences, led by a comedian. Its economy in tatters, a deceitful media, trade with its greatest…
LIVING View More
Long Covid – A Hard Road to Recovery for Some
While I was on holiday in Wales in August I came down with Covid and tested positive. I had 5 days of fairly unpleasant flu-like…
Sauna – Age-old Revitalisation from Heat
Recent evidence shows that saunas can reduce cardiovascular disease mortality by 27%. This is the startling finding from medical research in Finland. Saunas go back…
Ubermuffins – The 600lb Gorilla of Breakfast Foods
I take quite a lot of vitamins and other nutrients, insoluble fibre, MCT and omega 3-6s oils, CoQ10. Some can be taken as pills, some…
Sleep – Restoring Your Vitality
I have suffered from insomnia and sleep apnea at times. Fortunately both are cured, now. For years I suffered from difficulty in getting to sleep,…
SIREN CALLS View More
The Rise of the Robots
Robot means “drudge” in Czech: the term comes from Karel Čapek’s 1920 SF play: RUR, which foresaw the rise of machines replacing humans. Robotic technology…
Private Islands and Corporate States
Let’s say you had a civil dispute with someone over money. Eventually you have to take them to public court and a legal system with…
New Nuclear – Can it fill the Energy Gap?
Nuclear power is not a particularly popular technology, particularly on the left. However there is a serious gap in how much energy society needs, and…
The Repair Ethos – Give Old Gubbins a New Life
The repair movement has grown over the past decade, spawning many new groups worldwide. The loose organisation grew out of the realisation that we need…
BioDigestion and the Future
There is the potential today in the UK to regenerate jobs in the rural economy, provide power and reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) by utilising…