January 9, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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Gary Andrews, formerly of Coffee and PC (to which I won’t link, as he deleted it and the address has been taken over by hardcore porn merchants), has a new blog. Well worth a gander. The new blog, not the … Continue reading
January 8, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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In what way is the hope that unfettered [tag]free trade[/tag] will enable the market naturally to come to provide all that is necessary in any way more likely to work than the [tag]communist[/tag] [tag]utopia[/tag], so frequently dismissed as being “against … Continue reading
January 8, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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I’ve spent the last few days watching a vast number of war films for an article I’m doing (deadline today… time to start writing… damn…). I’ve done the whole range, from Lawrence of Arabia and The Birth of a Nation … Continue reading
January 4, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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Thanks to that McKeating, I’ve spent the last 24 hours slaughtering goats and throwing their entrails around the flat, as well as sneaking in to Highgate cemetery to dig up some knuckle bones, in a desperate attempt to live up … Continue reading
January 2, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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A question that has been asked innumerable times, I know, but if dangerous driving is enough to lose you an MBE, merely a symbolic honour, surely convictions for perjury and perverting the course of justice should be enough to prevent … Continue reading
December 28, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Good find in the Fifteenth Century Bookshop in Lewes (a few doors down from Tom Paine‘s house, and up the hill from the best brewery in the country) yesterday: Not bad for a little over a tenner – and it’ll … Continue reading
December 24, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Christmas, eh? Goodwill to all men? Bollocks, more like – not historically, at any rate. And let’s face it, Herod’s massacre of the innocents was hardly a great start, was it? Following that, we had this little lot: 800 – … Continue reading
December 23, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Thanks (really, you shouldn’t have…) to Rachel for tagging me with the “Seven best things of 2006” thing – seems to be “best things you’ve done”, so makes it rather tricky. Had this been “Seven best things of 2005” it … Continue reading
December 19, 2006
by Nosemonkey
Comments Off on Blair’s foreign policy: the aftermath
I done gone done a post over at The Sharpener based on the latest Chatham House report on Blair’s foreign policy legacy. Word of warning – get yourself a thermos of tea ready before you start… It’s a long ‘un…
December 7, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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I seem to be having a problem with the Wordpress WYSIWYG entry system thingie – to wit, when entering link codes, it frequently seems to alter the code after I click “publish” or “save”, usually buggering them up. So, should … Continue reading
December 6, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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As others are plugging books, I thought I may as well do the same. As such, an extract from my delightful book on The Lord of the Rings is now up on the self-promotion part of the site – an … Continue reading
December 1, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Was working until 3:30am, so will mostly be spending this morning drinking coffee and wondering if it’s possible for eyes to turn to stone and start bleeding, as mine feel like they’re doing. I’m then going to wander off to … Continue reading
November 28, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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That McKeating has a book out, a lovely roundup of the best of British blogging from the last year or so, give or take. It’s really rather good – even though I’m in it. In fact, it’s largely to spite … Continue reading
November 27, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Cleaner, less cluttered and – when I’ve finished going through all 1,400-odd posts in the archives – much easier to access what useful info there might be on here. (Actually, the advanced search feature will probably do that for you … Continue reading