In the Middle Ages, mankind started to look beyond religious reasons to explain the world around them. The transition from Alchemy to Chemistry was a painful one as many enlightened thinkers and brilliant minds were ...
They say that if you watch a person’s body at the moment of death, their hands give a little twitch as the last vestiges of mortality are snuffed out. I was reminded of that somewhat ...
Opinion from GRANDPA1940 The UK Government announced to the world that they were setting up a conference to deal with the International Crisis and Humane Scandal of the huge numbers of seafarers languishing on board ships of ...
It was quite a ride! I joined Twitter in 2009 and was banished from it last week, in 2020. Here’s a review of all that happened! Before I talk about the fiery exit, I want ...
Opinion from GRANDPA1940 We, here in these windswept Islands, have had, certainly for the last thirty years, political leadership in the form of either chancers, liars, fools, charlatans and, in the past few months, a ...
Article republished courtesy of the For Britain Party “Respect your elders” A phrase we can all remember being told when growing up. And with good reason too. As life develops, we realise that much of ...
Germans have a word for it: ‘Schadenfreude’. It means to take a personal delight in other people’s misfortunes. Oh how I’ve done that these past 36 hours. To see the entire Remainer commentariat convulsed in ...
Opinion By GRANDPA1940 In among the many strange ways of America’s New Left, some statements and actions stand out for their absurdity. I call the present Democratic Party the New Left, so as to distinguish ...
It is said that strong civilisational cultures cannot be defeated by external forces. If the downfall comes, it comes from within. The end of the Chinese Communist Party is called by none other than Xi ...
On the morning the outcome of the Brexit referendum went beyond doubt, David Dimbleby’s face said it all. He looked as if someone had just told him the missus left the chip pan on in ...
