Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Simulating Brexit

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Most people are fed up with the way television presents “big issues” – either short soundbites or spokesmen for two extreme positions line...
Monday, January 25, 2016

In Praise of....Political Economy

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Trust the Germans to spot a winner! Some 18 months ago I bought a small book which I have carted from the Carpathians ….and back…briefly...
Sunday, January 24, 2016

What Happens after Postmodernity?

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The ice and cold (minus 20 during the nights and minus 14 during daytime) are huge incentives to curl up with a good book (or documentary)...
Wednesday, January 20, 2016

From Freud to Focus Groups

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Television is banned from two of the three places I currently call home but a Torrent service I have access to in Sofia has, over the past...
Sunday, January 17, 2016

David Bowie's "Must-Read" list

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Most of us resist the idea of our own mortality but, come the sudden passing of younger people who had some significance in our lives, we ...
Wednesday, January 13, 2016

British Exit? Sleepwalking again???

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The Introduction to my book In Praise of Doubt – a blogger’s year reviews its 130 plus posts and suggests that the” Elephant in the Roo...
Thursday, January 7, 2016

Women in Romania

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Yesterday’s visit to the “ Equal - Art and Feminism ” gave us access to some wonderful paintings from some 20 of Romania’s women artists...
Tuesday, January 5, 2016

The book of the year!!

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And here it is - the long-anticipated book - In Praise of Doubt !! Weighing in at 250 pages – the book of last year’s posts….. A trail...