January 2019

This is a new year guest post from Stephen Martin.  It was sent as a letter to the People's Guardian which inexplicably declined it.  I'm happy to make up for this lack of insight.  Here it is: In just 15...

I split new year between Germany and the Netherlands and it was a noisy, messy affair.  I read (somewhere or other) that the end of the year is a violent time in Germany, when fireworks are aimed at people, buildings,...