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Category Archives: Tirades
A New Localism: Hope for 2022?
It’s early morning. I’m sitting at my desk, about to start writing. Then, thirty seconds ago it was announced that in December inflation rose to 5.4%, the highest it has been since 1992. Blimey. Brief pause while I gather my … Continue reading
Posted in Tirades
Tagged church, Co-op, co-operative, fishmonger, localism, Long Sutton, market, routs fish, st mary's
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Wallpaper Words
What has happened to the quality of political debate and discussion in modern Britain? I don’t know about anyone else, but I find I too often turn on the radio or open a newspaper, or worse, look at a current … Continue reading
Autumn Reflections
I’ll start this post with a view of turning birch leaves taken in the glade garden a couple of days ago. At the time I was feeling more than a little stressed: the deadline to produce the final edited version … Continue reading
Posted in History, Tirades
Tagged brexit, democracy, Donald Trump, politics, referendum, Theresa May
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Suburbia: Taking a Different View
It’s so easy to let one’s mind fossilize. Over the years one accumulates opinions and these tend to become more fixed and rigid with time. And I don’t know how others feel, but I find that in these days when … Continue reading
Posted in Landscape, Tirades
Tagged Greengates, housebuilding, Housing, Metroland, Persephone Books, planning, R C Sherriff, suburbia, suburbs
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Cutting the Mustard
And now for something completely different: a guest blog. It’s by Mrs. Pryor, aka Maisie Taylor, who is not writing about her favourite topics of ancient wood-working, gardens or our new puppy Baldwin (and there’ll be more about him in … Continue reading
Britain and Europe: The Long View
Followers of this blog will know that one of my pet hates is the obsession modern politicians have with short-termism. And hence the name of this blog: In the Long Run. Over the past few months my posts have mostly … Continue reading
Posted in In the Long Run, Tirades, Uncategorized
Tagged brexit, eu, european union, referendum
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The Iniquity of Unpaid Labour
When I began my life in archaeology in the early 1960s, I worked for several groups of amateurs as a volunteer. I had zero experience, even less knowledge, but boundless and ill-directed enthusiasm. Looking back on those times I am … Continue reading
More Words on the Weirdness of the Season
At last I now understand why politicians have invented Quangos (Quasi-autonomous non-governmental organizations). It is of course to avoid blame. More to the point it’s to avoid having to make long-term decisions. So you tie the Quangos’ hands with stupid … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Tirades
Tagged David Austin roses, Environment Agency, fens, flooding, Iris unguicularis, roses, Somerset Levels
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Of This, of That (and the Other)
Living as I do a mere metre and a half above sea level (which at this time of year means several metres below high tide levels), I was astonished to hear that the chairman of the Environment Agency has written in … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, books, Tirades
Tagged Adrian Teal, Alan Cadbury, DigVentures, flooding, Gin-Lane Gazette, Lifers' Club, Somerset Levels, Unbound
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My offering for the archaeology blogging festival.
For many years I used to be a member of the Society for American Archaeology, largely because I found its journal, American Antiquity a constant source of ideas and enlightenment. Eventually my groaning bookshelves couldn’t cope any longer, so reluctantly … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, Tirades
Tagged academic writing, archaeology, Bill Bevan, blogging, photography, Society for American Archaeology
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