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Category Archives: Scotland
The Last of England
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. 28 April 2017 “England is no more. That is why this is a good time to … Continue reading
Posted in Belgium, Economics, Europe, Globalisation, Ireland, Literature, Politics, Religion, Scotland, UK, Wales
Tagged "Country Life", "The Long Revolution", A.N. Wilson, Alan Brien, Ars Poetica, Brexit, Clive Aslet, Cobbett, Crabbe, dark satanic mills, E.M. Forster, England, F.R. Leavis, Ford Madox Brown, Garden of Eden, George Sturt, Giles Fraser, Henry James, Horace, King George III, laudator temporis acti, OliverGoldsmith, Perry Anderson, Procrustes, Queen Elizabeth I, Raymond Williams (1921-1988), The Last of England, William Blake
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THE PEASANTS HAVE REVOLTED
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. 24 June 2016 [The text below has been revised several times since it was initially posted … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Politics, Scotland, UK
Tagged Boris Johnson, Brexit, Donald Tusk, European Union, Manuel Valls, Nigel Farage, Robert Burns, Scottish Nationalists, St George, UK referendum
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CONTRA UNIONEM EUROPAEAM
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. 23 April 2016, St George’s Day CONTRA EUROPAM A PHILIPPIC IN TWO PARTS AGAINST … Continue reading
Posted in Belgium, Economics, Europe, France, Germany, Globalisation, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Literature, Luxembourg, Military, Philosophy, Politics, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, UK, Ukraine, USA
Tagged Alexis Tsipras, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Big Bang, Brexit, Dostoevsky, F.R. Leavis, Henry V, J.G. Herder, Jeremy Corbyn, King Offa, Obama, Queen Elizabeth II, Rena Doulou, St George, Syriza, TISA, TTIP, UK Labour Party, William Shakespeare
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None of the above
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. 6 May 2015 NONE OF THE ABOVE With the UK parliamentary elections due to take place … Continue reading
Saltire flying high
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. 18 September 2014 Today the 4.25 million registered voters of Scotland have the opportunity to vote … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, China, Economics, Europe, Politics, Russia, Scotland, Spain, UK, USA
Tagged Bill Clinton, Bob Geldof, European Union, Goldman Sachs, Mariano Rajoy, Mark Carney, saltire, Small is beautiful
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St George and tomato bread
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. 23 April 2014 Today is the feast-day in the Christian calendar of mythical dragon-slayer St George. … Continue reading
Posted in Basque Country, Europe, France, Ireland, Scotland, Spain, UK, Wales
Tagged Catalonia, Henry V, pan amb tomate, patriotism, Roast Beef, Shakespeare, St George, Yorkshire pudding
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Telling it like it is
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. 22 October 2013 Life is a sexually transmitted disease and the mortality rate is 100%. R.D.Laing … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Philosophy, Scotland
Tagged death, Human Life, Mortality, R.D. Laing
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Football (2)
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Ultima Thule
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 April 2012 WINDS OF CHANGE The Shetland Islands – the northernmost part of Scotland and … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Scotland, Spain
Tagged Pliny, protection of birds, Shetland Isles, Sierra de Guadarrama, Tacitus, Ultima Thule, wind farm
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