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Alt-Life

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Now that we live in a post-truth world and known things are re-named, so ‘extreme right-wing‘ becomes ‘Alt-Right‘ and ‘inciting fear and hatred‘ becomes ‘journalism‘ I’ve been wondering if it’s possible, as an ordinary person, to live an ‘alt-life‘. Please … Continue reading

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Hawk

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Co-incidences happen. Though sometimes co-incidences occur which, if one was of an impressionable cast of mind, might suggest that ‘there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy‘*. One such happened to me last … Continue reading

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Compendium 2016 & other books

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As the year draws closer to its end one’s mind turns to the Story Bazaar Compendium for 2016, a collection of the best articles from across the year.  Astonishingly, at approximately three posts a week, with the occasional addition, there … Continue reading

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Landscape

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The early twenty-first century seems to be a fertile time for writing about the world around us.  There are best-selling psycho-geographers, flaneurs and flaneuses and writers about the natural world. The urban environment, especially London, attracts many of them. Examples … Continue reading

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Trade

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Many aspects of the Trump victory have set alarm bells ringing in Europe and the UK, but one has done so even among Brexiteers.  Protectionism. Consistency is not something one associates with the President-Elect, but he has consistently espoused protectionist … Continue reading