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Horrible history – a postcard from Königsberg
Kaliningrad is back the news. Unlike most, I've been there.
Frederick Edward
Aug 11
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Our surnames show the skills we’ve lost
Move over Mr Fletcher, Mr Accounts Manager has arrived.
Frederick Edward
Jul 27
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The Tories have nothing to offer but the ghost of Thatcher
(This will appear in Bournbrook) It’s like that scene from Spartacus. ‘I’m Thatcher!’, ‘No, I’m Thatcher!’, ‘No – I am Thatcher!’ None of them actually…
Frederick Edward
Jul 22
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We few, we happy few, we band of brothers
Refusing to be infected by society’s various mindviruses can be an isolating business.
Frederick Edward
Jul 20
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The joy of Soviet architecture
(This piece originally appeared in Bournbrook) The old adage that you should try and see the best in people is tested to breaking point when you bump…
Frederick Edward
Jul 11
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The reign of the experts
(This originally appeared in Country Squire) Are you an expert? They seem to be everywhere nowadays. You can’t turn on the TV or read the news without…
Frederick Edward
Jul 4
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Auf Wiedersehen, Deutschland
(This will soon appear in Bournbrook Magazine.) My late grandmother was about as German as they come. Once, upon crossing the border into Austria, she…
Frederick Edward
Jun 28
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Our energy policy: evil or stupid?
LEADERS across the West are rapidly discovering that basing their nations’ energy policies on the mutterings of a modern child saint was a bad idea…
Frederick Edward
Jun 23
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The Russian sauna – a survivor’s tale
IT IS peculiar how some gestures are universal, some decidedly local. The ‘okay’, the ‘thumbs-up’ and the ‘middle finger’ are, I imagine, understood…
Frederick Edward
Jun 21
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The rocky road to Lake Ladoga
I SUDDENLY felt very underprepared. The VW Polo wasn’t made for this. With the hire car dancing around the pot hole-riddled trail in the depths of…
Frederick Edward
Jun 8
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Modern life, and why I despise it
ALTHOUGH the ribs were delicious, I was finding it hard to enjoy my dinner at the restaurant. The gyrating posteriors on the TV screen just in my line…
Frederick Edward
Jun 1
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While we fight the bear, the red dragon watches
RECENTLY looking at an old car with my dad, the salesman played a typical trick. On the phone he had told us about a fault in need of repair, thereby…
Frederick Edward
May 27
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