Archive - George Blackshaw

The best (and worst) books I read in 2023

As in 2022, 2021 and 2020, the title says it all. Of the 69 books I read in 2023, the following stand out as particularly good or noteworthy. (And as…

Jan 18 •

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February 2023

I survived eight days on a desert island

While pondering where to go on holiday, I came across a company called Desert Island Survival. Give them money, goes the pitch, and they’ll take you to…

Feb 25, 2023 •

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January 2023

The Best (and worst) books I read in 2022

As in 2021 and 2020, the title says it all. But this time around, I read so many great books in the last year that it was extremely hard to narrow them…

Jan 12, 2023 •

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November 2022

The truth about the “Great Reset”

An honest review of a very, very stupid book.

Nov 19, 2022 •

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February 2022

The Best (and Worst) Books I Read in 2021

Like last year, the title says it all. Of the 39 books I read in 2021, here are the few that stand out as particularly good, bad or otherwise…

Feb 26, 2022 •

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December 2021

Should We Be Concerned that the Australian Army Is Putting Aborigines In Camps?

A short note on a government that appears more competent than my own

Dec 19, 2021 •

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How the British Government Lost All Credibility

A brief history of twenty-one months of scandal, hypocrisy and lies.

Dec 15, 2021 •

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September 2021

The G7 Thinks You're Stupid

I can’t get this image out of my head: Tell me: why are they standing so far apart? And no, I didn't just wake up from a two-year coma, nor am I writing…

Sep 17, 2021 •

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March 2021

Should You Become a "Digital Nomad"?

Some honest reflections

Mar 19, 2021 •

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How Social Media Ruined Everything, pt. 1

Boredom is dead, and that's a bad thing.

Mar 12, 2021 •

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Nelson Must Not Fall

If we can't honour the Hero of England, who can we honour?

Mar 5, 2021 •

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February 2021

A Follow-up to “Location-Based Pay”

Where do we go from here?

Feb 19, 2021 •

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