Category Archives: England

SHOCKINGLY HOCKNEY by Peter Nolan Smith

January 27, 2012 – 2:18 pm

On a cool October afternoon I ran into a Swedish art dealer in Mayfair. We hadn’t seen each other in years. Sven invited me to his gallery. Judging from his size and paintings of the walls business was booming in London. Over a cup of tea we spoke about old times and cleared up why […]

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HOLIDAY IN THE SUN

January 5, 2012 – 1:06 am

Hit # 8 on the UK charts in 1977. “We tried our Holiday In The Sun in the isle of Jersey and that didn’t work. They threw us out. Being in London at the time made us feel like we were trapped in a prison camp environment. There was hatred and constant threat of violence. […]

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UK First UK Second UK Third

December 13, 2011 – 9:06 am

The world economy has suffered numerous setbacks after the banking debacle came to light in 2008. Governments bailed out the banks and politicians told the taxpayers that they and their children were responsible for the debt. The USA merely printed for dollars, but the nations of the EEU were handcuffed by the Euro and the […]

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Take It All

November 29, 2011 – 4:55 am

David Cameron touched the third rail of British politics in April 2009 with his address to the Tory Party entitled ‘The Age Of Austerity’ in which called for his fellow conservatives vow to cut spending in order to pay down the debt incurred by the Welfare State. Pension programs, clean water, and cheap housing were […]

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Froide Comme Une Reine

October 24, 2011 – 8:07 am

The Financial Times, which is the foreign rival to the Murdoch-onwed Wall Street Journal, has reported that Buckingham Palace has joined millions of other homes throughout Britian in ‘fuel poverty’ in which a homeowner pays more than 10% of their income on fuel. Oil prices in Britain are at an all-time high as commodity traders […]

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