Today is the anniversary of the MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY. The year was 1789. Something else happened a few days later in France. As we go through turbulent times does…
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By Andrew Hunt What month is it…ahh yes April the 30th weather slightly damp.We are a father again. Well I’m bloody chuffed with thingy, being in labour for 3 days…
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Might we declare a moratorium on the phrase ‘Back to Normal’?Is your ‘normal’ remotely like that of (Sir, for the moment) Richard Branson? Or David Cameron? Or Tony Blair? Perhaps…
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My boyfriend has left me to go and stay with friends in the country. He says he has been ill and is self-isolating but I am worried he is two…
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Our prime minister failed to chair not one but five emergency meetings, known as COBRA. The letters sort of stand for Cabinet Office Meeting Rooms In fact they are cross…
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Many people think of 1929 as the start of The Great Depression. Britain, as you would expect, was years ahead of those laggards on Wall Street. In 1925 our Chancellor…
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1. How do we get out of the mess? And 2. In what kind of society do we wish to live afterwards? I have little idea how we manage 1.,…
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Three deities on Mount Olympus, having been instructed by Zeus to lockdown together, decide to hold a symposium. You know the meaning of the word symposium? It is Greek for…
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Do you remember that series from the US? Was it science fiction? Should the word ‘surreal’ be used? Who played the part of The Log Lady in New Labour? A…
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CLAUSE FOUR “To secure for the workers by hand or by brain the full fruits of their industry and the most equitable distribution thereof that may be possible upon the…