The Ironkeel Collection

#127. Shôn Ellerton, March 19, 2021. Looking back in hindsight is one of life’s great teachers and for me, this is especially so with respect to how I conducted myself through my career. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/if-i-could-go-back-in-time-in-my

#126. Shôn Ellerton, March 9, 2021. I miss those days of the casual swimming pool just to splash around and dive in. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/hunting-for-caddyshack-swimming-pools

#125. Shôn Ellerton, January 26, 2021. Be the jury of what you hear and read. My analogy of being heavily diversified across many news sources to that of being a hi-fi aficionado. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/why-diversifying-in-news-is-like

#124. Shôn Ellerton, January 17, 2021. My thoughts and views of some of my favourite podcasters who have given so much to fill the void which mainstream media ignores. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/the-vanguards-of-free-thought-and

#123. Shôn Ellerton, January 5, 2021. New Year’s celebrations for many means party and plenty to drink, but never play this drinking game! https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/around-the-world-in-80-days-the-vile

#122. Shôn Ellerton, December 15, 2020. My exploration into communism during my younger years has reminded me the importance of keeping an open mind. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/my-childhood-obsession-with-communism

#121. Shôn Ellerton, December 8, 2020. Mixing politics or ideologies like BLM with British football seems like the perfect recipe for stirring up a hornet’s nest. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/mixing-sport-with-politics-and-ideologies

#120. Shôn Ellerton, December 2, 2020. A trip down memory lane of one of my favourite Chinese restaurants known for good food and very rude service. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/wong-kei-one-of-the-worlds-rudest

#119. Shôn Ellerton, November 21, 2020. If there’s one circus that hasn’t been cancelled this year, it is that of American politics. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/the-great-american-political-circus

#118. Shôn Ellerton, November 5, 2020. Just hoping that all this election stuff will end soon because regardless who is elected in, it’s going to be an interesting four years. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/looks-like-biden-now-what

#117. Shôn Ellerton, November 3, 2020. E-scooters are a great way to explore your city and they’re also a lot of fun! https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/be-a-daredevil-and-hire-an-e-scooter

#116. Shôn Ellerton, October 29, 2020. The CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter get a roasting by angry Democrat and Republican senators but for mainly selfish reasons. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/big-tech-giants-get-a-grilling-again

#115. Shôn Ellerton, October 28, 2020, I find commuting by train to be free of stress so long as I avoid having to share a carriage with any of three other specific commuters. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/commuting-on-the-fart-express

#114. Shôn Ellerton, October 24, 2020. Robin Di Angelo’s White Fragility may have been one of the most divisive books I have read, but I am glad I took the opportunity to read it. Here is my personal take on the book. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/my-critique-on-white-fragility

#113. Shôn Ellerton, October 15, 2020. In all my fifty years, I have never come across a year of such rampant hatred. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/2020-the-year-of-hate

#112. Shôn Ellerton, October 2, 2020. Showers of ducks, polite looters, pirates, the Sargasso Sea and polar bears makes up my story of guns and some of the lessons I learnt from them. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/robin-hood-pirates-and-ducks-my-story

#111. Shôn Ellerton, September 21, 2020. A fresh breakaway from the Republicans and the Democrats? Or just a pipe dream. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/the-nearly-forgotten-libertarians

#110. Shôn Ellerton, September 5, 2020. Can you imagine if you had been in a coma since February 2020 and then, to wake up in early September to a world of madness? https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/waking-up-now-from-a-coma-would-be

#109. Shôn Ellerton, August 28, 2020. What do lemons and hydroxychloroquine have in common? More than you think! https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/scurvy-hydroxychloroquine-and-lemons

#108. Shôn Ellerton, August 23, 2020. Mr Biden, please give me a reason to vote for you. I hope my open letter is clear. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/my-open-letter-to-mr-biden-as-an

#107. Shôn Ellerton, August 21, 2020. Ten simple rules to remember if you want to get the upper hand in an online social media debate. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/win-debates-on-social-media-using

#106. Shôn Ellerton, August 16, 2020. In this article, I draw some comparisons between the panopticons and star chambers of old with the Internet and the power of the ‘mob’ today. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/modern-day-panopticons-and-star-chambers

#105. Shôn Ellerton, August 4, 2020. The paradox of learning more about life with less choice including a brief trip down memory lane of BBC Radio 4 and long car journeys. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/mushrooms-doric-columns-and-the-shipping

#104. Shôn Ellerton, July 28, 2020. Reliable and trustworthy sources of news can be created by following five simple rules. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/five-simple-rules-for-unbiased-news

#103. Shôn Ellerton, July 23, 2020. If we could all focus on building our successes rather than dismantling the success of others, the world would be a better place. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/focus-on-building-yourself-rather