Something I always notice when visiting the US is that a lot of things are ridiculously expensive but no-one complains, and I think the reason they don't is that there's a taboo in American… (View Post)

"The slow death of the Royal Mail is a parable of the modern British state The British economy was most successful when it was run in the national interest. By Jason Cowley" https://www.new… (View Post)

A rather unsettling article in the New Statesman. "The West is bored to death Our nihilistic politics are a product of the crushing ennui and spiritual vacancy of modern life. By Stuart Whatley&… (View Post)

Do you also think we shouldn't have opinion polls in this country on the basis that we recently had a general election? (View Post)

Quote from JG Ballard (talking to Will Self in 1994). "'I don't have a drink until eight in the evening now, after all you have to have something to look forward to." https://www.… (View Post)