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, January 27, 2026

Music and Painting for a Rainy Day

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It’s just midday here in Bucharest so I have only a few posts to recommend – the first being one of my favourite singers, Alan Price (whom ...

Sunday, January 25, 2026

JUST A TYPICAL DAY

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I wanted to share the reading I do each day – before 3. 30 pm. So let me tell you that this Sunday these are the (various blog post er link...

Friday, January 23, 2026

Mark Carney wows Davos

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Mark Carney may have been a hit at Davos but history may judge his speech differently. This is a brilliant contextualisation of Carney’ s a...

Monday, January 12, 2026

Apologies

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My deep apologies for the textual overlapping which has become such an annoying feature of these posts. I simply don't know how to deal...

Democratic Backsliding

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Designing Resistance - democratic institutions and the threat of backsliding (IDEA 2023) The following (non-exhaustive) list outlines 12 o...

Wednesday, January 7, 2026

FINAL POST ON LEFTISM

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There have, apparently, been posts about 30 books on the leftist theme in my recent writing – of which several are my favourites eg Sea...

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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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