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Tag Archives: politics
Cable Street Remembered
A former Tax official who’s millionaire wife avoids tax and his opponent ‘Pound-shop Thatcher’ are attempting to get the votes of a constituency of 0.2% of the British people. So they are both coming out with increasingly extreme right wing … Continue reading
Mandolins and the 0.2 percent
For complicated reasons, this is a bit of a rant. If you are offended by rants about politics, you may want to read other, more entertaining posts, like the last one I posted with fictional rules for tea duelling earlier … Continue reading
Posted in big questions, blogging, depression, humanrights, humour, pointless things of wonderfulness, politics, rant
Tagged humour, mentalhealth, music, politics, rights
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Levelling down…
I don’t do political posts very often. There are a number of reason for this, one of which this is a writing blog, not a political activism blog. I write escapist fiction, there are other places you can go to … Continue reading
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Tagged foodbanks, humanrights, politics, rants, reads, Trussell trust
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Nostradamus Poe
This blog is many things, most of them literary. Occasionally it touches on important subjects like depression, traction engine’s (though this is a new development and will probably be a passing phase), life in general, racism, sexism, other ism’s, and … Continue reading
Posted in amreading, amwriting, big questions, horror, humour, indie, opinion, politics, reads, Uncategorized
Tagged amreading, classic reads, covid, politics, reads, writerslife, writing
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Never trust a politician with a beard, he’s hiding something
Its October, the leaves are falling, the witches are abroad, and I’ve opened the blog up to guest writers again. Yes its Indie October. Throughout October some old favourites among my guests will be returning along with some new voices. … Continue reading
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Tagged amreading, beards, indiebooks, indieoctober, indiereads, indiewriter, politics, reads, writer, writerslife, writing, writingcommunity
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Steampunk issues
Given current events I feel, rightly or wrongly, the need to have a conversation I have meant to have for a while. A conversation about Steampunk, a genre, subculture and in some cases lifestyle choice with which I have a … Continue reading
Posted in amreading, amwriting, books, Canadian steampunk, fiction, Hannibal Smyth, humanrights, indie, indie novels, indie writers, indiewriter, novels, opinion, politics, rant, reads, rights, steampunk, writes, writing
Tagged humanity, indiewriter, opinion, politics, reads, steampunk, steampunk fantasy, writer, writers, writerslife, writing, writingcommunity
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Writing around COVID
The escapism of fiction is essential in our world right now, but for many authors COVID-19 has caused something of a headache. I’m not talking about the closure of bookshops and the postponement of events where we were intending to … Continue reading
Posted in amreading, amwriting, fiction, Harvey Duckman, indie, indie novels, indie writers, IndieApril, indiewriter, novels, opinion, reads, sci-fi, writes, writing
Tagged harveyduckman, humanity, indie, indie publishing, IndieApril, indiebooks, indienovels, indiewriter, opinion, politics, writer, writers, writerslife, writing, writingcommunity, writingtip, writingtips
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Strange connections
No Science Fiction writer ever changed the world… Or… perhaps they did, as a wonder through some strange connections on the internet will tell you… Star Trek: Voyager was not the best Star Trek franchise show ever, and was struggling … Continue reading
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Arts and Capitalism and Self employment – a rant
Originally posted on Meredith Debonnaire:
I don’t usually do politics on here in a big way, but I don’t know how not to right now. Almost everyone in my immediate family works in the arts. My dad is a musician…
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Cryptocurrency and blockchain: the complex made simple
This is a bit of an unusual book review for this blog I know, and not a subject I would normally delve into, at least not here. There are no airship, or dragons, or spaceships in this book… Well there … Continue reading
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Tagged bookblog, bookreview, bookreviews, books, economics, politics
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