Broadsides – A collection of bits and pieces
"Unprovided with original learning, uninformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a blog”
Why did Nottingham Castle close? You’ll get the truth here. I haven’t got a bloody clue why it closed! I simply do not have enough financial information, or financial expertise to make a judgment and, along with most of us, must await the report of the liquidators to the castle’s creditors, or the report of ... Continue Reading →
This post is a follow-up to “Why the call to boycott Nottingham Castle is wrong” Available here/ Rather predictably, because I sought to throw doubt upon the validity of the call to boycott, I have been identified as a white man and declared to be a racist. In fairness, such a charge is always... Continue Reading →
The Boycott is an extremely powerful tool. An extremely powerful word. To call upon the general public to withdraw from commercial cultural and social relationships with the target of the boycott requires exceptional grounds to be justifiable. Originally it was used against Landlords evicting their tenants in Ireland. It was the 19th-century form of... Continue Reading →
Broadsides - A collection of bits and pieces 