2.4.19

Brexitphobia, Queen Caroline Lucas, and a Tim Ferris Interview with Neil Gaiman April 2019

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Politics in the last few weeks has seemed to roll into a series of banal and apparently pointless crises.  Even more than usual. The ...
23.3.19

Who painted these exquisitely lifelike portraits of animals? There was no such thing as writing in the ice age so nothing is known of the names, if they had names, of these early people. Cave artists may have been women; they may have been children. What is known is that Homo sapiens, our species of human, makes its mark with these paintings that are as beautiful and intelligent as anything created since. • Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave, Ardèche, France

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17.3.19

From the website of Truthout-An insight into the Venezuelan Crises, its causes and solutions.

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FROM THE TRUTHOUT WEBSITE: For almost two months now, Venezuela has been caught in a tense stand-off between the incumbent government of ...
12.3.19

Chronic Dysfunctional Empathy Disorder

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Karl Ove Knausgaard’s acceptance  speech  for his 2015 Welt Literaturpreis, published as “ The Vanishing Point ” in  The New Yorker , doesn...
9.3.19

MILE 22...Total rubbish!

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Rubbish!  Watch Bergman's 'The Virgin Spring' if you want to see a proper revenge movie.
4.2.19

Junk Brexit Stories from Information is Beautiful

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3.2.19

The best shave-One for the guys! And one of my favourite reviews! Hail to the Badger!

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Review of BOAR HAIR SHAVING BRUSH BY THE Gentlemens Face Care Club So gentle reader-Full disclosure.   I ordered a jar of th...
8.1.19

My MP's response to my query that she would not agree to voting for a no-deal Brexit. Is this based in reality?

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CAULFIELD, Maria to  me Dear Anthony Thank you for contacting me about the Withdrawal ...
6.1.19

BOOK REVIEW BY JIM DAVIS: 'FORMS OF VITALITY' BY DANIEL STERN

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My lovely mate, Jim, has written a stunning review of this important book by the late and much lamented Daniel Stern. To...