Next week sees the release of a song in support of this year’s Poppy Appeal. There is also a supporting video which is already available to watch via YouTube. The song is “No Man’s Land” (aka “The Green Fields Of France”).[1] It’s a song I’ve loved and admired since I first heard it more than […]
There’s an elderly woman, usually resident in London but also often to be found travelling around the UK and occasionally further afield, who goes by this mouthful of a title: Her Majesty Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and of Her other Realms […]
There’s a very interesting piece of analysis by “Ian and Charlie” comparing aspects of the three referendums held in Scotland, in 1979, 1997 and 2014. It can be found at this link. I’m not completely convinced by all of the arguments made, particularly because the 2014 referendum was different in a pretty fundamental way from […]
Blair Jenkins of Yes Scotland has said that the BBC was not biased in its reporting of the referendum campaign.[1] For my part, I believe that much of the criticism aimed the way of the BBC is misguided, in the sense of being misdirected; that’s not quite the same as saying that the criticism is […]
Terrific article at this link, explaining features of the monetary system by analogy with mathematics and particle physics. Star of the show is Brahmagupta, the 7th Century Indian mathematician and astronomer. His particular claim to fame is that he discovered nothing. (Read on and all will become clear.)