Richard D North.

On culture, Nature, liberal issues, monasticism, spirituality

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The Military Covenant revisited

I am keen to develop some lines of argument about the Military Covenant. I suspect that the relationship between society and the military is going to change fundamentally. It may get tougher for the military. Read more...

Published

05 November 2009

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Contented Dementia? I don’t think so

[The following blog - written in 2009 - still represents my views, but please also see a later blog of mine and its useful link to an Alzheimer's Society position paper on Contented Dementia, which I think states a very similar opinion but with far more authority. RDN, 30 July 2013] Oliver James has written some silly and poorly-argued books and it would have been nice if Contented Dementia, his new offering, was an exception. It isn't. Read more...

Published

19 October 2009

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Mind & body, Politics & campaigns

Royal Mail kicked to death by union

I told BBC Radio 2's Jeremy Vine show that it's hard to believe that the Royal Mail can continue in anything like its present form. And the Communication Workers' Union seem determined to kill it off double-quick. Read more...

Published

19 October 2009

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Politics & campaigns

3 riffs 4 a bolder Toryism

I shall be in Manchester promoting my new book, Mr Cameron's Makeover Politics: Or why old Tory stories matter. Here are three brief messages I am pitching to the media. Read more...

Published

04 October 2009

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Politics & campaigns

Bland cannot be the new Tory brand

An Op Ed style comment piece to coincide with the publication of  Mr Cameron’s Makeover Politics, Or why old Tory stories matter to us all. * Read more...

Published

02 October 2009

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Politics & campaigns

Financial regulation and risk (2)

Here is a bit more on the conundrum of regulating financial risk when you know you shouldn't, really. My message is that regulators should aim to encourage market-driven self-regulation. Read more...

Published

24 September 2009

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Politics & campaigns

Dominick Dunne: what a story

The late Dominick Dunne, novelist and chronicler of celebrity trials, was by parts Taki, Jennifer's Diary, The Sunday Times Insight team, Edith Wharton, Thackeray, and J J Hunsecker (of The Sweet Smell of Success). Read more...

Published

22 September 2009

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Mind & body, On movies, On TV & Radio

Financial markets should be free (ideally)

The less we regulate banks and financial firms, the safer we will be. Those of us that want safety, that is. (That would be me: I am morbidly timid.)  Here's 10 bullet points saying why. Read more...

Published

21 September 2009

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Politics & campaigns
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