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Articles by Terry Jones

Terry Jones taught History to adult students taking Foundation courses at a College of Higher Education prior to their entry into full-time degree courses at Warwick and Coventry Universities. Since taking early retirement, he has travelled widely in Eastern Europe, pursuing a life-long interest in 19th and early 20th century European history. He has been a GCSE and "A" level tutor with OOL since 1996.

Prototype invisibility coat

Could Invisibility be more than a fiction?

Fictional creation as it may be, such a thing as a cloak of invisibility is now being pursued as a potential reality, in the guise of “Scientific optics.”


Must We Always Repeat Our History?

In Spain, Italy and increasingly in Germany, migrants are therefore seen as replacement labour who can halt the economic decline, and are essential to future growth.


Left, Right, Left, Right, Left

Divisions in both parties have seriously disenfranchised young voters.


Do You Speak English?

Our desire to learn the languages of anyone else appears to have withered.


Opinion

Opinion: When should we Apply to University?

UCAS research suggests that something in the region of 50% of predicted grades are, in any case, wrong.


Stakeholders and Shareholders

In the 1950’s the average investor held on to their shares for about six years before selling. In 2015 shareholders are selling their shares on average every six months.


British Housing: A Dysfunctional Market

Understandably, voters want to preserve their bit of England’s “green and pleasant land”, but it is to the detriment of the young and the dispersal of both populations and industry.


Necropolis Now: The Fall of Greece

Greeks are now restricted to cash withdrawals of only £40 per week.


The Enemy Within

The current Greek crisis is a golden opportunity for Russia to really hurt Europe.


Politics

Where will the Wealth go now?

Britain faces a very uncertain future and as always, this future will be determined by the laws of unforeseen consequences.


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