Stockholm Syndrome or Stanford Prison Experiment – Interpreting the 2022 Victorian election

Stockholm Syndrome or Stanford Prison Experiment – Interpreting the 2022 Victorian election

ByJeff Rich

Victoria, like many post-democratic societies of the so-called West, is not a victim of Stockholm Syndrome. It is trapped in a Stanford Prison Experiment.

From the Burning Archive – essays on history and culture
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From the Burning Archive – essays on history and culture

ByJeff Rich

I have published From the Burning Archive: essays and fragments 2015-2022. You can buy it as print or e-book here at Amazon and also at other online retailers.

Here is an excerpt of the introductory essay of that collection. It tells how a dream image became a poem became a blog became a podcast and then an author platform.

Podcast 74. Russia’s First Civil War – the Time of Troubles and Two Murder Mysteries

Podcast 74. Russia’s First Civil War – the Time of Troubles and Two Murder Mysteries

ByJeff Rich

In the early 1600s Russia suffered a traumatic civil war, political instability and social chaos – the Time of Troubles. Find out more on my latest podcast.

The Burning Archive Podcast 73. Peter the Great, Catherine the Great and the Russian Enlightenment

The Burning Archive Podcast 73. Peter the Great, Catherine the Great and the Russian Enlightenment

ByJeff Rich

As part of the continuing series of telling Russian History backwards and debunking the ‘Black Legend of Russian History, Jeff Rich tells the tale of Russia’s 18th century when there was one great Emperor and four remarkable Empresses.