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James Alexander Gordon sadly retires

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by Gildas the Monk on July 28, 2013

The most poignant news of the week for me was that of the retirement of James Alexander Gordon. Many Raccoonistas have something of an aversion to sport, but Gordon was a man who rose far above mere sport,

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Femspot: Sex on Roller Skates

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by Matt Wardman on February 3, 2013

I’m a huge fan of the silliness which can easily find it’s way into over-literal analysis from a feminist viewpoint.

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Wemmick of the Wolds.

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by Anna Raccoon on December 2, 2012

Wemmick was the humble clerk in Great Expectations who desired to turn his humble Elephant and Castle home into a fortress, complete with drawbridge, with the Dickensian version of a Gatling Gun on the buttresses to ward

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There is no storm that does not pass

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by Gildas the Monk on November 25, 2012

Twitter is a curious phenomenon. Leaving aside all the trolling and general idiocy that can go on, there is wit, there is expression, there is immediacy and there is social contact. I have become personally engaged with quite

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Ms Raccoon…and a conundrum.

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by Anna Raccoon on August 6, 2012

Ms Raccoon has found that life is unaccountably grating on her recently.

To say nothing of aggravating people.

A change of scenery is the order of the day.

Accordingly she has fled the coop,

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The Sunday Ramble – Come Back My Love, Part 1

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by Gildas the Monk on August 5, 2012

I have been watching the rowing at the Olympics. The squad has done Britain proud, and it makes me all emotional. You see, long, long ago in a land far, far, away, your humble scribe had

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The Cat With No Name

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by Gildas the Monk on July 22, 2012

About three years ago I had the misfortune to run into some financial problems. The details don’t matter. All I would like to say is that it was not a case of me being improvident or

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Science Fiction

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by SadButMadLad on June 14, 2012

It seems some commentators on AR have read a little science fiction if the comments on Ray Bradbury’s coda is anything to go by.

So what is it about SF (please don’t use the

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Black Swans and Economic Voodoo

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by Gildas the Monk on June 12, 2012

Ever behind the curve, I read an article a couple of weeks ago about Nassim Nicholas Taleb. This is a bit late in the day, because he has some very important things to say,

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Snide

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by Obnoxio The Clown on June 8, 2012

There are many things to like about living in Britain. The history, scenery, diversity and a largely benign environment are wonderful as are many other things.

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Ray Bradbury

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by SadButMadLad on June 7, 2012

Ray Bradbury who has just died, wrote the famous Fahrenheit 451 book which was about a dystopian future where books were outlawed because the pace of life had become quick and where

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Manbags and waistcoats

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by SadButMadLad on June 4, 2012

Many apologies for concentrating on male fashion, but I think female fashion gets quite a bit of press already.

Fashion changes to suit the environment and

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Beauty in numbers

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by SadButMadLad on June 4, 2012

Statistics and numbers can be pretty boring. Long lists of numbers or charts showing lots of wavy wiggly lines with no meaning.

But numbers and figures

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Different

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by SadButMadLad on May 24, 2012

Everyone is different.
Everyone has a different skill.
Everyone has different limitations.
Everyone thinks differently.
Everyone are not the same.

Some people can hold their breath.
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Liar! Liar!

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by SadButMadLad on May 21, 2012

How truthful are you? Have you been brought up by your parents to tell the truth all the time? Do you tell your children to always tell the truth?

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Waste Time

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by SadButMadLad on May 19, 2012

I want you to waste time. Yep, you heard right. You should waste some of your time.

However I don’t want you to just sit on your arse [Sorry Anna, I promise that I won’t use

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Maximum happiness

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by SadButMadLad on May 13, 2012

Science tells us that money can buy happiness – up to a point. There comes a time when an increase in income beyond a certain level that happiness doesn’t increase. That level is on average around

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The Metropolitan Thought Police

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by Matt Wardman on April 30, 2012

A strange incident, but not unfamiliar.

A policeman goes past an art gallery in Mayfair on a bus, and sees the artwork

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Trigger’s Broom

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by SadButMadLad on April 24, 2012

The Cutty Sark is going to be reopened to the public on Thursady after a £50m refit and restoration project. A fire destroyed nearly all of it

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Human Achievement Hour

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by SadButMadLad on March 31, 2012

Tonight at half past eight is the start of Earth Hour. This is the hour when the Earth should be given some priority in people’s minds. Or at least that is what the greenies say. Myself,

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Diabetics get more Legoff

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by Matt Wardman on March 7, 2012

Latvia has its one-legged lesbians, according to Mr Webcameron.

Bristol has its one-legged diabetics, according to the

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Andrew Breitbart, Political Controversialist

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by Matt Wardman on March 2, 2012

At the Raccoon Inn, we covered the death of PC David Rathband.

But there was another sudden

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Skunk as a Lord?

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by Matt Wardman on February 3, 2012

Skunk: A person regarded as obnoxious or despicable.

Sir Fred has been shredded.

But it was done with considerable input

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How do pet!

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by SadButMadLad on February 1, 2012

So bus drivers aren’t allowed to be friendly any more. That seems to be my impression of the news that Brighton and Hove‘s bus drivers have been Continue reading →

What was the best ever British made mini series?

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by Randy Hack on January 4, 2012

I truly detest television at Christmas. Most of the year I find it merely worthless and annoying, but at Christmas with all its faux bonhomie and general shut down and when there is not much else

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Hitchens and Dawkins are completely right. Except that they are completely wrong…

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by Gildas the Monk on January 3, 2012

Penning the recent review of the year argument I was prompted to reflect on the death of the late Christopher Hitchens.

Polemicist, wit, writer, commentator and orator,

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Too much law, too little evidence?

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by Gildas the Monk on November 1, 2011

Vincent Tabak is now behind bars for murder, rather than for manslaughter. That is important. It does not bring back his victim, Joanna Yeates, and it will not end her family’s

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How To Be Sectioned, Part 2

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by Gildas the Monk on October 30, 2011

A few weeks ago I wrote an inconsequential piece about a strange experience in which I underwent a so called “peak” experience. My conclusion was that this was a real phenomenon which was created

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Marat/Sade

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by SadButMadLad on October 25, 2011

I understand from the MSM that hundreds of people have been leaving a Royal Shakespeare Company‘s show early, during the interval

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Why create new law

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by SadButMadLad on October 9, 2011

Prompted by a post by LongRider about safe limits and drinking and driving I started thinking about his idea that there shouldn’t be a law against drinking and driving

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