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Month: May 2019

Cogitations

Human Alchemy – Field Notes On Watching Emotions

30th May 2019

Incident On The 17:11 From Victoria ‘Twas the night before Christmas. I’m heading back to the family home and enjoying a rare taste of my old life among the corporate sardines on the 17:11 from →

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Life Or Death – Corporate Media Or Honest Media?

23rd May 2019

Relying on the corporate media, including BBC News, to provide a reliable account of the world is literally a matter of life or death, on many levels. Imagine, for example, a Russian dissident living in →

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The London Climate Protests – Raising The Alarm

9th May 2019

The feeling is often there at night, of course, in the wee small hours. But it can arise at almost any time – looking at someone we care about, listening to birdsong on an unusually →

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