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When I was a teenager, the ticketing arrangement at the local cinema with that you bought a ticket at the box office and this gave you admittance to the cinema and any of the three screens available for as long as you wished. It was quite normal to stay and watch more than one film.

colin
June 16, 2025

I woke up to the news the South Korea’s population has fallen for the first time in its history. Wars and famines have been just as prevalent in the country’s history as anywhere else, but it turns out that demographics is the thing that really counts. An ageing population who choose to avoid having too

colin
June 12, 2025

I wrote this post shortly after the Capitol Coup, and then forgot about it. Since then Parler has been revived and the people I thought the leak would harm are now running America. You wait ages for an event of historic significance to come along then you get two come along at once. The attempted

colin
June 5, 2025

The Brexit project is in trouble.  It is no longer popular, with large polling leads for rejoining.  It isn’t working particularly well, with Britain’s economy certainly no better as a result of it and quite likely doing much worse.  Investment is way down, which is alarming for the future.  And most galling of all for

colin
June 4, 2025