I used to know a chap who had the good fortune of looking nearly two decades younger than he actually … Continue reading “Classics revisited: “The End of History?” by Francis Fukuyama (1989)”

For at least two reasons, The New Right Enlightenment. Young Writers on “The Spectre Haunting the Left” (1985) is an … Continue reading “Classics revisited: “The New Right Enlightenment. Young Writers on “The Spectre Haunting the Left”” by Arthur Seldon (ed.) (1985)”

“A multimillion-pound luxury penthouse flat named after the revolutionary socialist thinker Friedrich Engels is the latest example of Manchester repurposing … Continue reading “Classics revisited: “The Housing Question” by Friedrich Engels (1872)”

I am not going to claim that Prof Alan Evans’s book No Room! No Room! The Costs of the British … Continue reading “Classics revisited: “No Room! No Room!” by Alan Evans (1988)”

I recently reviewed a book on this blog which I had first read a quarter-century earlier: Globalisierung by Helmut Schmidt, … Continue reading “Classics revisited: “NIMBYism: The Disease And The Cure” by Richard Ehrman (1990)”

When I visited my parents earlier this month, I stumbled across a book which I remember using as a reference … Continue reading “Classics revisited: “Globalisierung” by Helmut Schmidt (1998)”