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Monthly Archives: January 2015
Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive!
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. Athens, 26 January 2015 HELLAS “The world’s great age begins anew, The golden years return, The … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Europe, Germany, Greece, Literature, Luxembourg, Politics
Tagged Achaemenids, Aeschylus, Alexis Tsipras, Andreas Papandreou, ANEL, Evangelos Venizelos, Felipe González, George Papandreous, Jean-Claude Juncker, KKE, Lula da Silva, Marathon, Mitterand, New Democracy, Pasok, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Syntagma, Syriza, William Wordsworth
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Terminal desert
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. Athens, Friday 23 January 2015 We got a first-hand taster of the economic basket-case that is … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Europe, Greece, Politics
Tagged Athens, Brussels, Eleftherios Venizelos, Eurocrats, European Union
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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
Posted in Economics, Europe, Germany, Greece, Politics
Tagged Cimon, drachma, Ephialtes, euro, European Central Bank, European Union, Felipe González, Grexit, International Monetary Fund, New Democracy, Pasok, Pericles, Podemus, Syriza
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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
Posted in Africa, France, Guardian, Military, Nigeria, Politics, Religion
Tagged Baga, Boko Haram, Charlie Hebdo
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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
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
Posted in Economics, Politics, UK
Tagged Dark Ages, Eric Pickles, gas lamps, Hilary Benn, Labour Party, LED, Scrooge, skinflint, Tory Party, Victorian Age
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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
Posted in Economics, Globalisation, Literature, UK
Tagged floating bookshop, Paddington Central, Small is beautiful, Word on the Water
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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
Crystal-ball gazing
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. 2 January 2015 The UK poll on 7 May is one of the national parliamentary elections … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Politics, UK
Tagged Brussels, EU, Scottish National Party, Tory Party, UK Green Party, UK Labour Party, UKIP
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