As I keep reviewing the feedback this blog has received over the three quarters of a year it has existed, it’s become pretty clear that some readers are more into the punk stuff, others prefer politics, and some are mainly curious about life in London. But overall, the response has been overwhelmingly positive. At the…
The British media space is resonating with an interview given by British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe to the television channel Sky News. In this interview, he literally said: “You cannot have an economy where nine million people are on benefits and at the same time huge numbers of immigrants are coming in. Britain is being colonised….
These two concepts are nowhere near as far apart as they might seem at first glance. In fact, they share a great deal. Punk rejects authority, social norms, and hypocrisy. Buddhism, on the other hand, does not worship the Buddha as some kind of supernatural being; it emphasizes personal experience, practice, and understanding one’s own…
It’s rare for a day to pass in Europe without some brand or e‑shop going bankrupt — crushed by cheap competition from Asia. I won’t dissect how well European producers are protected from low‑cost imports, mostly from China. It’s obvious the protection is insufficient, even though the relevant authorities seem to be trying. But progress…
