Pub Philosopher
Blog URL http://pubphilosopher.blogs.com/
Located London, London United Kingdom
Tags politics, pubs, history, beer, free speech, religious nutters, crime, freedom, britain
A blog about politics, history, society, pubs and beer from a bloke in west London.
Latest Blog Posts
- Berlin Wall Juke Box on Nov 13, 2009
Another installment in the occasional Friday Pub Juke Box series. In my post on Monday I said that, on the whole, I believe that the collapse of the Eastern Bloc was a good thing. That's not to say that there...
- Why Armistice Day is still important on Nov 11, 2009
The Queen led the two minutes silence at Westminster Abbey this morning on the first Armistice Day without any former soldiers of the Great War, the last remaining UK-based veterans having died during the past year. I always make sure...
- Hideously un-diverse on Nov 10, 2009
Now here is a funny story. Celebrity actress Emma Luvee-Dahling has attacked the University of Nairobi for having too many black students. Ms Luvee-Dahling, famous for starring in 1980s films that no one can remember, complained that her white son...
- And the wall came tumbling down on Nov 9, 2009
It was Timothy Garton-Ash, in his book Free World, who pointed out that two of the world's most significant post-war events occurred on 9/11. Writing the date in the European way, the 9th of November appears as 9/11. That was...
- Re-joining the EPP is the best way to protect British interests on Nov 9, 2009
I've been out of the country for a few days so I missed the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty and the humiliation of David Cameron which followed. Despite squirming as the cast-iron guarantee of a referendum turned to rust with...
- Blair would be ideal for the EU non-job on Oct 30, 2009
There is much speculation about Tony Blair's chances of getting the EU presidency, though the tide seems to have turned against him in the last 24 hours. Timothy Garton Ash doesn't think Blair would be right for the job either....
- White City on Oct 30, 2009
No, not the home of the BBC and a long-forgotten dog track, but the exemplar of US urban cool. As New Geography explains: Among the media, academia and within planning circles, there’s a generally standing answer to the question of...
