17 September 2020 Diary of a Corbynista Whose Bad Faith by Don Urquhart 8 September Korea has started to close down schools just as we open them. 9 September Johnson at the No. 10 podium again. Relentless repetition of admonitions and aspirations including something called a moonshot. It reminded me of a German colleague who
17 September 2020 View from the Cotswolds Woke …. moi? By Paul Branch This week I’d like to start with a short quiz, but again I’m afraid those under the age of 70 should look away now. The rest of you need to cast your failing memory back to the halcyon days of wireless in
10 September 2020 Cultural Appropriation The profits of race. By John Watson Covid has made some sad holes in the social calendar and one of them is the absence of the Notting Hill Carnival. So the singer Adele put up a post to regret its absence and, that carnival being a celebration of cultural diversity,
10 September 2020 Out of Office Back to work. By J.R. Thomas Here we are in the New Normal. Perhaps. Certainly we are never going back to the old normal office again. What, putting on ties, and trousers, no toast and Nutella at 11.15, no Radio 3 (or 2, if such be your choice) to
10 September 2020 Alexei Navalny Folk hero. By Neil Tidmarsh Surely Alexei Navalny represents some sort of archetype? He and his brave fight against powerful and secretive dark forces could have come straight out of a folk tale. And a very Russian folk tale at that, as the work of the eminent Soviet folklorist Vladimir
10 September 2020 I Am Prejudiced (Part 2) So are you. By Richard Pooley Did you do the race Implicit Association Test? How did you do? If you don’t know what I’m talking about, please read the first part of this article in last week’s issue, otherwise the following won’t make much sense. Well, I
10 September 2020 Covid Puppies Not a new asset class by Frank O’Nomics Meet Willa, aka Beelzepup (more of that later) – a puppy that encapsulates pandemic economics. Based on the difference in her price to her predecessor’s (the much missed Lottie), the rate inflation for a puppy over the last 13 years has averaged
10 September 2020 View from the Cotswolds “He did his best”: a damning indictment By Paul Branch Our world is replete with glorious failures, those who snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, or those who promise the earth and deliver a dog’s dinner. Britain’s sporting prowess lies in earning medals in such deeds. Our
10 September 2020 Diary of a Corbynista Waiving the Rules by Don Urquhart 1 September Met up with Eric who tries to put a positive spin on government policy. He asked me whether I had lost confidence in our democratic system and I had to ask him in turn: “with someone like Johnson in charge
10 September 2020 Lies, Damned Lies and Coronavirus Local Area Statistics by David Chilvers This week, we look at the local area statistics for COVID-19, which are becoming increasingly important as strategies focus more on local responses to any uplifts in local infection rates. Each day, ONS produces updated data on its website covering the
