Peripheral Vision

a celebration of intellectual trespassing by a retired "social scientist" as he tries to make sense of the world..... Gillian Tett puts it rather nicely in her 2021 book “Anthro-Vision” - “We need lateral vision. That is what anthropology can impart: anthro-vision”.

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Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Excerpts from JUST WORDS

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I owe my readers an apology. For some time ” Just Words – a sceptic’s glossary ” has been sitting in my list of Ebooks – but, when clicked, ...

Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Neutralising Democracy

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The pensions, special conditions and remuneration of eurocrats serve to insulate them from the general public – making them a breed apart....

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Send in the Clowns

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The new deadline of 31 October fixed by the EU at Wednesday night's Summit proves that the UK has indeed “lost control”..... John Har...

Wednesday, November 28, 2018

How they get away with it – being part 5 of the series on the political class

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As you saw from the list of 20 odd books a few posts back, the journalists, political scientists and think-tankers have a lot to say about ...

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nomadron: Bran-Rucar corridor, Carpathian mountains..., Romania; Can be contacted at bakuron2003@yahoo.co.uk Political refugee from Thatcher's Britain (or rather Scotland) who has been on the move since 1991. First in central Europe - then from 1999 Central Asia and Caucasus. Working on EU projects - related to building capacity of local and central government. Home base is an old house in the Carpathian mountains

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