The Shed

VLADIMIR AND I

Summer, such as it was, has now gone and we are tumbling into winter, in more ways than one.

As I write this, the world is watching the war in Ukraine with all its chilling implications to peace in Europe. Nearly 80 years after the end of the last world war, we seem to be repeating all the same mistakes. A megalomaniacal leader seeking to

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