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”.

Thursday, August 29, 2024

RUMINATIONS ON WHAT THE STATE CAN AND CAN’T DO

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Twitter was alive yesterday with the aftermath of Monday’s big speech from the UK PM about the grim actions needed to repair the 22 billion...

Tuesday, August 27, 2024

Michael Moran

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I’ve just come across a little book The End of British Politics? published in 2017 by Michael Moran which has made such a deep impression...

Wednesday, August 21, 2024

WHEN THEY COME FOR YOU..

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I am deeply concerned about what is happening to independent journalists in the UK – with squads of police meeting planes when they arrive i...

Wednesday, August 14, 2024

CAN WE PENETRATE A SOUL?

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The internet has dramatically transformed how we communicate. Gone are the days when we put pen to paper, popped the results in a postbox an...

Tuesday, August 13, 2024

On Time

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I was 82 last weekend - t he face that stares back at me from the mirror has only a vague resemblance to my old passport photos. When my mo...

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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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