Monthly Archives: January 2015

Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive!

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Η ελπίδα έρχεται

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Terminal desert

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Grecian urns

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  London, 20 January 2015 We are heading off to Athens tomorrow 21 January 2015 to observe … Continue reading

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Location, location, location

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  11 January 2015 Yesterday the London Guardian used its first seven pages to report on the … Continue reading

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Big Bang only a Whimper

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  9 January 2015 As a conservative Steady Statist convinced that, like woman, the universe, while formally … Continue reading

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Stygian gloom

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  5 January 2015 Large swathes of Britain are reverting to the Dark Ages – literally. Penny-pinching … Continue reading

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Culture of Capital v. Capital of Culture

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  4 January 2015 WORD ON THE WATER Long-suffering readers of this blog will know that: (a) … Continue reading

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Real hardship

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  3 January 2015 As the season of festive overindulgence draws to a close in the western … Continue reading

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Crystal-ball gazing

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