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”.

Tuesday, November 7, 2023

Does the UK deserve its increasing reputation as a “Failed State”?

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I’d no sooner put up the previous post about the internecine slanging matches going on within the UK government amongst scientific and polit...

Monday, November 6, 2023

No, Minister!

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T he whole world knows the “Yes, Minister” series which was shown on BBC from 1980-84 and much appreciated by Margaret Thatcher for the way...

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Sunday, November 5, 2023

The official UK Inquiry about COVID

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I have a passing interest in political institutions – having graduated in political “science”, with a subsequent Masters in Policy Analysis ...

Saturday, November 4, 2023

My World View?

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The last post conveyed the World View (WV) I had developed by 2014 – but warned that I was becoming more radical in my old age. Almost a de...

Thursday, November 2, 2023

BOOKS WHICH FORM A WORLD VIEW

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One of the most thoughful and well-read bloggers is Aurelien whose latest post is an annotated list of the books which have helped him deve...

Wednesday, November 1, 2023

TOO MUCH CHANGE

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Devastated to learn today that my favourite weekly journal – ScottishReview – is winding up. Its articles have been short and powerful – r...

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, ...

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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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