The Culinary Capers and Comic Catastrophes of Gerald Samper

11 months ago

It was the Gert Loveday review of Rancid Pansies (it’s an anagram) that set me off to read James Hamilton-Paterson’s…

Working and Not Working

11 months ago

A post on LinkedIn caught my attention this week.  It's had over 11,000 views so I'm not alone. Tanya de…

Gall, Nerve, Courage, and The Party of Women

12 months ago

 Women's rights campaigner Kellie-Jay Keen of Let Women Speak had a big announcement last week. Give it a watch. And…

Making Waves

12 months ago

Two women - Kemi Badenoch and Kellie-Jay Keen - made a splash across the pond on Terf Island this week.…

The Hidden Paw

12 months ago

 "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings. Julius Caesar Act 1…

Wings of Wax, Feet of Clay

1 year ago

When Claudine Gay resigned as President of Harvard this week the gloating by some conservative activists and commentators was unappealing…

A Break and Some Rebellious Vulgarity in Very Bad Taste

1 year ago

"When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow."  You may not remember…

Five Things: DEI, Poem, Memoir, Library, Anti-Semitism, and Street Thugs

1 year ago

One Last week IntrepidEd News published another of my pieces. This one is about how schools are on the front…

In Defense of Intersectionality

1 year ago

I wrote this primarily as a way to sort my ideas out. Feel free to skip. However do take a…

Intersectional Lunacy and Knee-Jerk Nonsense

1 year ago

 A bunch of angry shouty men showed up to protest the Standing for Women  Let Women Speak event in Leeds…