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The Offer

The Offer

Capitalist A truly marvellous series called The Offer has been released online, and I just had to review it. One of the great things about the modern world (people who talk about “the good old days” really don’t know what they are talking about, folks!), is the ability to

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Mary & Me: Two Women with Parkinson’s Disease Two Hundred Years Apart

Mary & Me: Two Women with Parkinson’s Disease Two Hundred Years Apart

Eliora Mary & Me, by Robyn Cotton (2021), published by DayStar Books Ltd Auckland. Two centuries earlier Mary had no hope. Cruelly, her quality of life deteriorated and she became isolated from her family and others. She was falling, shaking and dribbling with no idea what was wrong. In 1810,

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Your Chance to Win a signed Hardback Copy of “Nudged into Lockdown?”

Your Chance to Win a signed Hardback Copy of “Nudged into Lockdown?”

We are running another fantastic giveaway for our members. The prizes are two signed, hardback copies of Nudged into Lockdown? Behavioral Economics, Uncertainty and Covid-19 by BFD author Ananish Chaudhuri. Utilizing extensive research in economics, psychology, political science, neuroscience and evolutionary theory, Ananish Chaudhuri provides a critical perspective on the

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The Palace Papers Paints a Portrait

The Palace Papers Paints a Portrait

Giselle Bastin Flinders University Giselle Bastin has a BA from the University of Adelaide, and a PhD from Flinders University. I am an Associate Professor in English at Flinders University. Warning Long read. 2036 words. Those of us interested in biographies of the House of Windsor have awaited Tina Brown’

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The Cambodian Water Fight Festival

Gareth streetfoodguy.com Khmer New Year, Cambodian New Year, Choul Chnam Thmey, or quite simply the Cambodian Water Fight Festival has been rung in throughout Cambodia, but the place to be was without a doubt Siem Reap! What is Khmer New Year? It turns out Jesus did not invent New

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Nuclear Armageddon: Inevitable Fact, or Fiction?

Nuclear Armageddon: Inevitable Fact, or Fiction?

Blockhead As the shadowboxing over the Ukrainian border continues, in the deep recesses of our minds there is the possibility that things could get out of control and the world faces a nuclear confrontation. Two books I have read recently deal with this theme. Ken Follett’s Never is a

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Your Chance to Win a signed Hardback Copy of “Nudged into Lockdown?”

Your Chance to Win a signed Hardback Copy of “Nudged into Lockdown?”

We are running another fantastic giveaway for our members. The prizes are two signed, hardback copies of Nudged into Lockdown? Behavioral Economics, Uncertainty and Covid-19 by BFD author Ananish Chaudhuri. Utilizing extensive research in economics, psychology, political science, neuroscience and evolutionary theory, Ananish Chaudhuri provides a critical perspective on the

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The Beautiful Sadness That Is Nerens, Noord-Kaap

The Beautiful Sadness That Is Nerens, Noord-Kaap

Watkykjy theplumlist.com Nerens, Noord-Kaap is a remarkable drama series that offers an almost palpable nostalgic familiarity, thanks to the majestic but arid and ruthless plains of the Northern Cape as backdrop. It is a beautifully shot series, with the landscapes doing their part to help tell the story of

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Choice Quotes from Bill Gates’s New Book

Choice Quotes from Bill Gates’s New Book

Jeffrey A. Tucker brownstone.org Jeffrey A. Tucker is Founder and President of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press and ten books in 5 languages, most recently Liberty or Lockdown. He is also the editor of The Best of

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The Winners of a Copy of a Jab in the Dark are…

The Winners of a Copy of a Jab in the Dark are…

We are at the end of yet another fantastic giveaway for our members. The prizes are three copies of A Jab in the Dark: Covid Vaccines and the new Health Dictatorship by Ron Asher. Today we are giving away three copies to three lucky BFD members. Our winners were selected

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Your Chance to Win a Copy of a Jab in the Dark

Your Chance to Win a Copy of a Jab in the Dark

We are running another fantastic giveaway for our members. The prizes are three copies of A Jab in the Dark: Covid Vaccines and the new Health Dictatorship by Ron Asher. On the 1st of May, we will give away three copies to three lucky BFD members. We will use an

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We Have Three Copies of  A Jab in the Dark to Give Away

We Have Three Copies of A Jab in the Dark to Give Away

We are running another fantastic giveaway for our members. The prizes are three copies of A Jab in the Dark: Covid Vaccines and the new Health Dictatorship by Ron Asher. On the 1st of May, we will give away three copies to three lucky BFD members. We will use an

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We Have Three Copies of  A Jab in the Dark to Give Away

We Have Three Copies of A Jab in the Dark to Give Away

We are running another fantastic giveaway for our members. The prizes are three copies of A Jab in the Dark: Covid Vaccines and the new Health Dictatorship by Ron Asher. On the 1st of May, we will give away three copies to three lucky BFD members. We will use an

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“The Runaway” by Nick Petrie

“The Runaway” by Nick Petrie

BOOK REVIEW The Runaway by Nick Petrie A thriller I’ve just finished reading this thriller (e-book version), and really enjoyed it. I rather liked what someone (unfortunately I can’t remember who) said of one of the books about “that woman” that they “couldn’t wait to put it

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Your Chance to Win a Copy of a Jab in the Dark

Your Chance to Win a Copy of a Jab in the Dark

We are running another fantastic giveaway for our members. The prizes are three copies of A Jab in the Dark: Covid Vaccines and the new Health Dictatorship by Ron Asher. On the 1st of May, we will give away three copies to three lucky BFD members. We will use an

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We Have Three Copies of  A Jab in the Dark to Give Away

We Have Three Copies of A Jab in the Dark to Give Away

We are running another fantastic giveaway for our members. The prizes are three copies of A Jab in the Dark: Covid Vaccines and the new Health Dictatorship by Ron Asher. On the 1st of May, we will give away three copies to three lucky BFD members. We will use an

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