Saturday, May 17, 2014

Wha's Like Us? Part 12 of the Scottish commentary

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It occurred to me this cold, windy morning in the Carpathian mountains that I hadn’t seen any articles subjecting the discussion on Scot...

Collapse of a Continent

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I have mentioned Perry Anderson several times on this blog. Although his reputation is based on his work as an historian and political ...
Friday, May 16, 2014

Giving Credit to the politicians with backbone

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People moan about the declining standards of politicians - who do seem to have reached the bottom in the “reputation” league tables. B...
Thursday, May 15, 2014

Remembering

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It was remiss of me not to have mentioned the exhibition of Otto Dix graphics now in its last few weeks at the Bucharest National Galle...

Entitlement

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How dependent many of us have become on high-speed internet connections!! Yesterday was the day Vodafone graciously gave me my new month’s...
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Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Bulgaria - it's our oil!

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I may be in the (very misty) Carpathian mountains at the moment but have to keep an eye on the other parts of the Balkan configuration…....

I only asked!

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Revenons aux moutons ecossais!! Back to Scotland - and the September referendum. My favourite Scottish reading - the Scottish Review  - ex...
Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Smart and slow Books?

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I ’ve begun to realise that the little Guide or briefing which I’ve been working on for the past few days (called, for the moment, ...