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James Tate

Crystal Balls

The news stories that really await us in 2025

Dec 29, 2024

Crystal Balls

Dec 29, 2024

My Top Fives from Test Pressing's 2024 Roundup

My purely subjective takes on Test Pressing’s impressive 2024 roundup, IMHO.

Dec 28, 2024

My Top Fives from Test Pressing's 2024 Roundup

Dec 28, 2024

A cocktail for our times

Have a particular reason to commiserate at this precise moment? Check out this libation that will deliver complete liberation!

Nov 6, 2024

A cocktail for our times

Nov 6, 2024

Start the boats

The government’s stalled attempts to reach electoral success across the UK’s flooded roads.

Feb 15, 2024

Start the boats

Feb 15, 2024

The moronic plague

A study into 14th Century plague brings out the brain-dead as it infuriates the UK’s culture warriors

Dec 14, 2023

The moronic plague

Dec 14, 2023

Politics becomes a “lifestyle choice”

A seat in parliament has become a “lifestyle choice” for many MPs, say voters frustrated about the mess on SW1's streets

Nov 6, 2023

Politics becomes a “lifestyle choice”

Nov 6, 2023

Stubbing out shoddiness

Will the UK’s cigarette ban extinguish ‘back of fag packet’ thinking?

Oct 7, 2023

Stubbing out shoddiness

Oct 7, 2023

X marks the spot

News channels are overflowing with the dreadful phrase “formerly known as Twitter.” Why?

Sep 21, 2023

X marks the spot

Sep 21, 2023

Get ready for rubble

From a demolished old pub to thousands of closed schools, the UK’s crumbling infrastructure says a lot about its leaders - and its people.

Sep 3, 2023

Get ready for rubble

Sep 3, 2023

Eschewing the scenery

Why we don’t need to worry about AI in the hands of bad actors

Jun 22, 2023

Eschewing the scenery

Jun 22, 2023

James Tate

James Tate

A pick and mix of words; now online, better packaged and more expensive, like everything post-COVID. The sour cherries are best. The opinions are my own.

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