capitalism
A Positive Outcome from the BA Stress!
GOOD NEWS! Regulars here will have read of my nightmare of being massively overcharged for a flight cancellation by BA last month. Well, a few
3rd November 2021
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capitalism
My Ko-fi button
Will you support my work? You can simply BUY me a COFFEE!
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A sorry tale of customer incompetence, corporate greed, and mealy-mouthed rhetoric
I’ve been very fortunate indeed because, as a doctoral student in St Louis, I’ve had a USA student visa throughout the pandemic. Which has meant
29th September 2021
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20th Century
Echoes from Eternity: 26. VE Day 1945 & the Nazi Surrender
The 2020 VE day is the 75th. We can’t witness great spectacles and commemoration events because of the virus. Everything is much more low-key, necessarily.
8th May 2020
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20th Century
Q Marks The Spot: Treasure Map 127 (May 2019)
Sacred Treasure This is great – a constantly updated list – Biblical references in U2 lyrics! Tom Holland is on cracking form here – Thank
3rd May 2019
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Q Marks The Spot – Treasure Map 126 (April 2019)
Sacred Treasure Forgiveness is quite mad says Derrida… what do you think? Pete Williams is Warden of Tyndale House in Cambridge and provides one of
1st April 2019
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20th Century
When Uncle John wrote a letter that actually did change the world
Regulars will know that John Stott is a frequent focus here. I’ve just finished reading Alister Chapman’s excellent, scholarly engagement with John Stott’s legacy: Godly Ambition.
6th January 2019
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21st Century
Q Marks The Spot – Treasure Map 112 (December 2017)
Sacred Treasure Former LibDem leader, Tim Farron has been saying some really important things in the last week about the state and nature of western
1st December 2017
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21st Century
Q Marks The Spot – Treasure Map 110 (October 2017)
Sacred Treasure Good stuff: 7 Differences between Judaea and Galilee – Jesus was Jesus of Nazareth… from Dick France. Chris Green offers a rather unexpected
1st October 2017
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BOOKS/WRITING
Some thoughts on leaving BookFace
I wouldn’t call it panic or even alarm, exactly. But we could call it mild perturbation. Nearly a fortnight ago, I finally departed the life
30th September 2017
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21st Century
All is not well … in the state of Denmark: George Packer’s THE UNWINDING (USA’s ‘inner history’)
Well, to all my American friends and family, Happy 4th July. I wish you a great day of celebration and fun. That is always a
4th July 2013
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20th Century
Václav Havel’s 1978 warning to the West
I’m trying to understand power – what it means, how it’s wielded, how it affects us. Big topic. But I’m increasingly convinced that we can’t
17th June 2013
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20th Century
Q Conversations 3: Spy novelist Charles Cumming
He ate my toast and drank my beer. But that seemed sufficient to put him at his ease and get him talking (good cop routine).
25th April 2013
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