The English Cottage, The Chainsaw and Work That Matters
Before we made the move up to Scotland, I lived in a place called “the Cottage” in rural Hampshire, at the edge of a…
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A Brit’s Personal Reflections on America’s Decline
As I write this, an American president is threatening to end a civilisation and chatting to toddlers about Autopens.…
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From Duvet to Desk: How To Get Out of Bed as a Home Worker
You can sense the grey skies through the light poking through the curtains and can hear the rain pitter-patting on the…
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Why does everything feel so 'flat' in Britain today?
Britain feels remarkably flat at the moment. Is it just me? The other weekend, we travelled over the border into…
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Cheap Drones, Expensive Missiles and The Missile Accounting Fallacy
The fourth Gulf War (the ongoing US-Iran conflict, 2025-) has primarily been fought so far with drones, missile…
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Quick Book Review: Anti-Fragile: Things that gain from Disorder by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Nassim Nicholas Taleb has written an excellent, insightful and interesting book that could have easily been a quarter of…
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Quick Book Review: Moscow December 25th 1991 by Conor O'Clery
This is the best book on the Soviet Union I have ever read. And I have read a lot about the Soviet Union. Too much in…
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Quick Book Review: 24 Hours in Ancient Rome by Philip Matyszak
24 Hours in Ancient Rome is one of my favourite books about the Romans. Although it is not as scholarly as a Mary…
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