The Privy Counsel (A Bog Blog)

Editor's note, 1 January 2022 It happens that one, on obtaining new information, changes one's opinion on things. This has happened...

When you have spent all your money on books and are living on oatmeal and odd-tasting budget-brand peanuts from last June, you discover a n...

Did you hear that? That was the sound of us exhaling, immediately followed by the sound of us glugging wine in an unrestrained manner. As...

We've all had them - those days when you're not paying attention and suddenly find that you have accidentally grossly insulted some...

It is when you find yourself reading Machiavelli, genuinely hoping to pick up some advice on how to sort out your life, that you realise...

We are prone to vaguebooking at the Privy Counsel. We admit it. More than once (for instance  here ,  here , and  here ), we have been gui...

How are you, dear readers? This is obviously a rhetorical question, since a blog is mostly a one-way communication channel. Still, how the...