Sense Out Of Nonsense: Northern Ireland, Brexit, and Liz Truss
Northern Ireland has been prominent in the headlines in the week beginning 9th May. The situation has been a thorn in the side of the Tories since the Brexit referendum…
Chess With Pigeons
A popular saying says you never play chess with a pigeon. They’ll knock over all the pieces, soil the board and strut around as winners.
Sense Out Of Nonsense: Northern Ireland, Brexit, and Liz Truss
Northern Ireland has been prominent in the headlines in the week beginning 9th May. The situation has been a thorn in the side of the Tories since the Brexit referendum…
Electoral Dysfunction
Neither the Tories nor Starmer's party have covered themselves much in glory since 2019, so this is a quick guide to allow you to work out whom to vote against.
Breakfast With Psychopaths
I didn’t have anything to write about in the last issue. I was coping with a family emergency at exactly the wrong time, and the needs of others took top…
Words of Wisdom, 1: Robert Greene
Author Robert Greene is a phenomenon. More than twenty years ago Robert Greene was a failed writer whose curriculum vitae and list of jobs read like Jack London’s. He bounced…
Fiat Knox’s Twelve Days of Xmas
(sung to The Twelve Days of Christmas) On the first day of ChristmasMy true love sent to meBoris Johnson stuck up a tree On the second day of ChristmasMy true…
Take A Look Through The Overton Window
Following last week’s look at the psychological assessment tool known as the Johari Window, this week it’s the turn of the Overton Window. What is The Overton Window The Overton…
Transparency and The Johari Window
I could have been a Tory, you know. It turns out that I’m disqualified from joining the Conservative Party, on account that my parents are married. This blog is about…
Praetentio et abusus Classicorum
This post is a little personal indulgence. It’s about Latin, and one of my pet peeves. Once in a while, some so-called ‘August Personage’ such as Rees-Mogg or Johnson gives…