Alec Ryrie
Tuesday, 24 March 2020
The five stages of [insert apocalypse here]
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The first stage was denial: it's not really happening, it will go away, it won't affect us. The second stage was scientific rescue...
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Friday, 13 December 2019
Reasons to be a little bit cheerful
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After the UK's 2019 election, I am having to dig deep for these, but I do have a few. Here goes. 1. It turns out I live in a country w...
Monday, 11 November 2019
Undying in Leicester
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With apologies, faithful readers, for the long absence: but a visit to Leicester Cathedral last week included a sight that couldn't be m...
Wednesday, 27 March 2019
The Hague doomsday machine
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So, I have a new theory as to who is ultimately to blame for the UK's current nervous breakdown. And he wears a baseball cap. (Well, he ...
Thursday, 7 March 2019
More historical Brexits
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On wise and foolish ways to win wars: two further cases from British history which seem to me analogous to our Brexit woes. First: the En...
Sunday, 3 March 2019
A long view of May's long game
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So, an English government falls unexpectedly as its plans for reconciliation with Europe collapse. Power passes by default to the last ...
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Wednesday, 8 August 2018
Seven shades of Gray
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Sorry about the title. Couldn’t resist it. Actually the shades in John Gray’s Seven Types of Atheism are pretty dark. He will upset quit...
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