Reader, I promise thee here such things, which ordinarily promised, doe seeme to challenge the greatest attention, and I lay them here before thine eyes, whether thou regard the dignity or profit of the matter treated of, or the right method of handling it, or the honest motive, and good advice to undertake it, or lastly the moderation of the Authour.
Iphigenia’s sisters
They knew about humanity, the ancient Greeks, and for all the high-flown verses about gods and monsters, behind it speaks man, and our own ...
Dane-geld
I have watched the press-pack and timorous MPs demanding a human sacrifice as the price of leaving the government alone, and making the news not ...
Demanding sacrifices to the baalim
We have not progressed out of the ancient days of superstition and blood religions. We hold ourselves out as sophisticated people, but the ...
New Government slogan ‘to bring clarity’
Number 10 admits the ‘Stay Alert’ slogan was not clear enough in expressing the Government’s actual intention for the next stage ...
Question Time is meant to annoy everyone
Late this evening, but Thursday night is Question Time night. Locked down, distanced and audienceless it looks peculiar. It is also peculiar in ...
UK-EU talks: the British proposal
We have a text. The British negotiators have published the draft free trade agreement submitted to the European Union. Having read it, I must ...
The dawn is coming after night
The lockdown is ending, willy-nilly, planned or unplanned. The nation is beginning to come to life in places. The roads are becoming busy in the ...
I have measured out my life with coffee spoons
Another day draws past, undistinguished from other days, and weeks pass. Is this what retirement is like? But I am not retired and I work, now ...