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PORTNOY’S COMPLAINT. Is it terminal?
My Kind Reader may have noticed a diminution of Ericle output over the last couple of months. I have never wanted to feel that I am a slave to my organ but, even by past standards, the last couple of … Read more...
Posted in Comment, Opinion
Tagged International, Technology
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The New Normal (People) according to Sally Rooney
Below are the covers of the Turkish & Russian editions of Normal People:
Presumably, Sally Rooney’s new book will also be translated into Turkish & Russian, too? Arabic? Burmese? Chinese?
Just asking ……… Read more...
God Bless America
What I saw:
This is a picture of Donald Trump returning to The White House after his Tulsa political rally, watched by an underwhelming 6,200 people in a stadium that can hold 18,000, after claiming that over 1,000,000 people … Read more...
Posted in Americana, Opinion, Politics
Tagged International, politics, presidential election, USA
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Coronavirus
I am currently reading The Plague by Albert Camus; a book I’ve meant to read for quite a while. I decided that, if I was ever going to actually read it, now was a good time! It’s chilling reading, full … Read more...
Petition against Palestinian Authority salaries for terrorists.
… Read more...Whilst the UK does not directly fund the salaries of terrorist prisoners, it is morally unacceptable that British taxpayers’ money is being used to fund essential services and public sector salaries in the Palestinian Authority at the same time that
Posted in International, Politics
Tagged International, politics
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2018 WORLD CUP: The Ericle’s Round-By-Round Review
FINAL
VIVE LA FRANCE!
FRANCE was the best team at the 2018 World Cup Finals and is the worthy winner. Bravo !
Russia’s World Cup was a sumptuous footballing feast – a global tournament that more than did justice to … Read more...
Every 4 years The Ericle pulls out his Willie
Every 4 years, at about this time, I make a point of pulling out my Willie. That’s my World Cup Willie, of course, the mascot of the England football team that competed for and won the 1966 World Cup. (Well, … Read more...
Posted in Humour, International, Sport
Tagged Ericle, International, Sport
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An Ericle Russian Election Special
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Tagged International, politics
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Merry Christmas
Today, Christmas Day, I picked up the book – Sapiens: A Brief History Of Mankind – that I have been reading for most of the year. The Ericle is indeed not the swiftest of readers but, even by my standards, … Read more...
April 2020
Letter From America
My Readers, of a certain age and background, will recall Alastair Cook’s Letter From America; a regular feature of the BBC Home Service, (Radio 4 from 30/9/67), from 1946 to 2002. Wikipedia informs that there were … Read more...