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Category Archives: UK
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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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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Caput anni
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. 1 January 2015 The good news is that Antigone1984 is to resume blogging as from today. … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Bahrain, China, Egypt, France, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Military, Poland, Politics, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Syria, Turkey, UK, Ukraine, USA
Tagged Crimea, Cuba, Fidel Castro, Fulgencio Batista, Kuwait, mass surveillance, Nato, Qatar, spy agencies, typewriters
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Lions led by donkeys
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. Remembrance Sunday, 9 November 2014 THE TOLLING BELL Who bends not his ear … Continue reading
Bella, horrida bella, matribus detestata
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Saltire flying high
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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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When Adam delved and Eve span
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 September 2014 A COMMUNIST PRIEST IN MEDIEVAL ENGLAND “When Adam delved, and Eve span, who … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, France, Literature, Politics, Religion, UK
Tagged Adam and Eve, Communism, Jean Froissart, John Ball, John Stow, Karl Marx, Wat Tyler
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Jaw-jaw better than war-war
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 September 2014 JAW-JAW BETTER THAN WAR-WAR Three letters from readers in today’s London Guardian represent … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Media, Military, Politics, Russia, UK, Ukraine, USA
Tagged Chekhov, Cold War, Crimea, European Union, Nato, Pushkin, Soviet Union, Vladimir Putin, Winston Churchill, Yeltsin
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Fat cats and poor sods
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 September 2014 Where Plenty smiles – alas! she smiles for few, And those who taste … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Politics, UK
Tagged Frances O'Grady, George Crabbe, neoliberalism, St Matthew', Thatcher, Trades Union Congress, unemployment, wages
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