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I am the enemy
I am white, middle-aged and male therefore I am responsible for everything from the oppression of women and minorities to global warming...
Philip Hamm
Dec 15, 20214 min read
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Dark Ages unrelieved by new supplies of toilet rolls
I’ve believed for a while that this country, if not the world, has been in a second dark age since the last of the empires fell in the...
Philip Hamm
Mar 17, 20204 min read
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Boldly splitting infinitives
The first stage of my Grand Project is now complete. The last of the four books of Platinum Mind is finished and first year in the life...
Philip Hamm
Jan 28, 20204 min read
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Greta and Children's Crusade
I have no argument with Greta Thunberg’s message or the protests by thousands of children calling for action on climate change. But I do...
Philip Hamm
Sep 30, 20194 min read
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The European Union is 'evil' ... really?
Everywhere you look these days, in the papers or on the internet, there are people calling the European Union ‘evil’, as though its will...
Philip Hamm
Sep 18, 20194 min read
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Of fish-tanks and anniversaries...
Many years ago, my birthday fell on the first day of my first teaching job. It was going to be stressful enough but I woke up to find the...
Philip Hamm
Sep 3, 20194 min read
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The Second English Civil War
Is England heading towards another civil war? If it is, how will it be different from the first one? It’s very tempting to look at the...
Philip Hamm
Aug 29, 20194 min read
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Brexit and the Death Penalty
The arguments around the death penalty should have been remembered before the public was given a referendum on leaving the European Union...
Philip Hamm
Aug 20, 20194 min read
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Dark Ages 2.0
Back in the fifth century, I expect there was a great deal of jeering from the beaches as the Britons watched the Romans leave our shores...
Philip Hamm
Aug 14, 20194 min read
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Man-up or what...?
I’ve always been slightly appalled but never-the-less impressed by the courage of men in previous generations to answer their country’s...
Philip Hamm
Jul 29, 20194 min read
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