It was a new year, the weather was beautifully temperate and the Tories hadn’t recommended crucifying the unemployed, however… This little esoteric mag was floating along with decent audience figures and a number of contributing friends and reasonably happy with […]
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Little Editorial – Issue 31
“Time, it doth wither the heartiest of blooms; But the branch it doth remain; To wait for Time itself to yearn; For to see its blooms again.” Hodgson, 2016. When writing any history of human endeavour, countless examples exist of […]
Continue reading »Fifth Column – Customer or Citizen? – Issue 31
Is citizenship merely an ideal? Are our expectations too high in an age where we are more and more impressed by artificial intelligence? Is the historical and current dismal transition from citizen to customer just a realisation of our nature […]
Continue reading »FOI LINDA LERNER – An Unlikely Union – Issue 31
It was Tues., Jan. 12th, 9.p.m. The president was about to give his State of the Union address. I was hovering between sleep and wakefulness for the past six days. My usual insomnia significantly worsened after eye surgery necessitated that I […]
Continue reading »FOI PAT McCONNELL – Hail To the Cheese – Issue 31
Hail to the Cheese A story by FOI Pat O’Connell ‘Mr Allen, what makes you think that you can replace Mr Trump as President in 2020? You will be 85 then’, asked moderator Megyn Kelly ‘Ms Kelly, may I congratulate […]
Continue reading »Political Cartoon – Social Cleansing – Issue 31
News Real 9 – Issue 31
NEW LIBERAL LITERATURE In skilled and erudite parody of Machiavelli’s classic of elitist and callous power broking, a non-fiction novel called The Price has been published by Everyman-Has-His-Price publishing company. The author’s name has been changed to protect them from […]
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FOI DEEJ GREENWOOD – Issue 31
News Real 8 – Issue 31
GOING, GOING, GONG Eric Bleugh has quietly, in keeping with his earthy honesty, declined his award of OBE in the New Year Honours List. The fellow from Avewunmore has been regional Shove A’penny champion for the past twenty-five years. He […]
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