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The Darkening

August 11, 2017August 11, 2017 CabernetVoltaire

I wrote the following in 1999, when I was a teacher at Merchant Taylors’ School. It has deplorable stylistic shortcomings, but I am giving it prominence here in anticipation of the August 21 eclipse in North America, to which I … Continue reading The Darkening

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Hamilton

April 24, 2017May 5, 2017 CabernetVoltaire

Although I love theatre in general and musical theatre in particular, I am not the kind of person who reads Variety or The Stage and keeps up with every new development. Like many people, I don’t even have the time … Continue reading Hamilton

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How to be happy in a sad, sad world

April 13, 2017 CabernetVoltaire

You know what? What? I’m really happy. What? You know. Don’t you sometimes think that you should just come out and say it? I mean, we don’t give ourselves the chance do we? Just to say it. I am happy. … Continue reading How to be happy in a sad, sad world

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Like it’s 1991

January 5, 2017March 8, 2017 CabernetVoltaire

As a bulwark against the constant tide of information and comment pouring in from facebook, twitter, YouTube, Instagram and all, and in an attempt to regain a bit of time from the world, I resolved that in 2017 I would … Continue reading Like it’s 1991

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Brexit – Upgoer 5

October 31, 2016November 22, 2016 CabernetVoltaire

Upgoer 5 is a description of a Saturn 5 rocket created by xkcd.com artist Randall Munroe. See here: For this, he uses a vocabulary that consists of no more than ‘ten hundred’ words. The following piece uses no more than … Continue reading Brexit – Upgoer 5

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Sexual Risk

July 14, 2016January 5, 2017 CabernetVoltaire

Imagine some futuristic dystopian state where permission must be sought from the authorities if you plan to have sex. You’ll remember that in George Orwell’s 1984 Julia and Winston have to sneak away to an unpoliced proletarian hideout in order … Continue reading Sexual Risk

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Remains

June 18, 2016September 21, 2016 CabernetVoltaire

A:           Wait, wait. What? Q:          You heard. Don’t get all like that about it. A:           You can’t be serious! After all that you’ve said? Q:          I am. I think. A:           But people have been supporting you, agreeing with you, swayed … Continue reading Remains

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T-shirts

May 20, 2016June 29, 2016 CabernetVoltaire

So shock horror news of the day (it’s probably an ancient story actually, but it came up on my facebook feed today) is that the Queen of Pop, Beyoncé has her Ivypark t-shirts made in a sweatshop where the workers … Continue reading T-shirts

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Disproportionate

May 15, 2016May 20, 2016 CabernetVoltaire

The Times reports that the BBC is considering whether it needs to diversify its religious coverage, fearing that it may be too Christian. Lord Hall, the director-general, is considering findings that show there is a disproportionate amount of programming by … Continue reading Disproportionate

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Things

May 10, 2016August 29, 2016 CabernetVoltaire

3D printing is all the rage, isn’t it? Haven’t you heard? What it does is, it’s like an inkjet printer, which works by squirting tiny blobs of ink at a piece of paper to, you know, print things, except that … Continue reading Things

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