Events

Comments and thoughts on current affairs, both national and international.

The Monarchy

At this time of the accession of King Charles III, I feel it is appropriate to reflect on the monarch’s role in the British Constitution. I make no claims to the validity of my views; this is simply my interpretation of the monarch’s role in our system. Much of what I say will I’m sure …

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The Shining: 40th Anniversary

A nice mini-documentary put together by Warner Bros to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the release of Kubrick’s The Shining. It’s slightly odd that none of the music used in the actual film is used here, but I guess that the cost of getting the music rights was unjustifiably expensive. It’s great that almost all …

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Bojovian Covidiocy

The latest graph, showing the number of deaths relating to coronavirus in different countries in Europe, depicts in an even more chilling way the level of Johnson’s much trumpeted ‘world beating’ ‘achievement’, the ‘success’ that he’s apparently so proud of. As @EnglishmanAdam puts it, ‘Johnson telling Starmer to be more positive is like running over …

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Champions of parochialism

A similar madness to that which swept America and enabled Trump to get into power swept the UK when we voted first for the far-right Brexit project, and then for Bojo the Clown as ‘Prime Minister’. Many who voted for him must surely now be having extreme doubts, not only about the stifling form of …

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Zbigniew Kotowicz : 1950 – 2017

Psychologist, Philosopher, Intellectual Pilgrim I was shocked to discover yesterday that my old friend, the philosopher and psychologist, Zbigniew Kotowicz, had died last September of cancer at the early age of 67. He was one of those rare, multi-faceted individuals who is almost impossible to describe in a few words; his whole being, at heart …

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The Breakers of Britain – my view of the Brexiters, June 20, 2016

On the UK Climbing website that I frequent, the subject of the EU referendum has loomed large in recent threads in the ‘Down the Pub’ forum. Last Wednesday, Roger Webb started a discussion entitled ‘No debate EU referendum thread.’ (http://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/) ‘The general idea,’ he explained. ‘is to have a thread where people can put up their …

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