This is the first time that I have written a piece for this blog in several years. The reason is simple: I am too old to have the time and energy to do any serious work: 82 last May.  I… Read More

In the latest edition of his Never Mind the Bar Charts podcast, Mark Pack talks to Duncan Brack about the lessons we can learn from the last time a Conservative government was defeated at a… Read More

ThemselvesThey, or Them that’s in it. The most common Manx names used in place of the word “fairy”, which was generally considered an unlucky word to use. It is sometimes… Read More