February Quotations

Thank Heaven! the crisis, The danger, is past, And the lingering illness Is over at last— And the fever called “Living” Is conquered at last. (For Annie, Edgar Allan Poe)

Go Electric

Tesla cars are gratifyingly expensive if, like me, you are a shareholder in Scottish Mortgage and other tech funds. There are at least two Teslas in Margravine Gardens.

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Golden Hill

“A tour de force … alive with tantalising twists and turns … Dazzlingly written.” (The Sunday Times, Novel of the Year)

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Sex in the City

Warning. Today’s post has sexual content that may be offensive to some readers.

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The Fourth Way

There was a post about Colet House about four years ago so I expect you remember it.

Gloves Off

I remember a BBC documentary about Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, broadcast in the last century. It was deferential and dull.

Soft Power

Seems like yesterday but it was five years ago, January 2016, when I wrote about Soft Power.

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