NOT SO MELLOW YELLOW
Very few people by now, are not aware of the activities of the ‘Gilets Jaunes’ (Yellow Jackets), and what is happening on the streets of Paris currently. This undeniably large, and disparate group of protesters, who refer to themselves collectively
THE PRICE OF PROGRESS
It always saddens me when iconic buildings with historical significance are destroyed. That sadness is compounded, however, when said buildings also have a personal connection to either myself, or to somebody I know, or have known. A case in point
WHERE’S TOMMY?
I would hazard a guess, that there are a lot of people out there, who, will not have heard about a court case which, is currently taking place at the Crown Court in Mold, North Wales, where a group of
IN MEMORIUM
Fifty-Two years ago today, at 9:30 in the morning, a colliery waste tip slid down a mountainside and slammed into the very heart of the mining village of Aberfan, near Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales. The landslide engulfed a farm cottage,
LIKE A KIPPER
In the United States, this would be known as “gettin’ a real good asswhipping”, and here in the UK, it could be described as “getting a good spanking” or even “getting your arse handed to you on a plate” ….
NIL BY MOUTH
Please don’t add to an ongoing shit show, by showing your support (or donating any cash) for the following ‘Campaign’…. It is just another slush fund to line the pockets of Brian “Jesus” Gerrish, and all you are doing by
RESIDENT EVIL
In what now appears to be a clarification of my previous post, TOP BOYS, news has emerged of something, that although may be common knowledge to many of those who have spent time in a care home in the UK
THE DESOLATE YEAR (Revisited)
Now that the first, at least I think it’s the first, successful law suit against Monsanto has concluded, and rather satisfactorily, I may add, I was thinking about how many people, actually know anything about this company – other than
HERE WE GO AGAIN
‘Round and round and round she goes, where she stops? Nobody knows’ This post will be a kind of follow-up to the previous one, albeit the last one about this particular subject, as now a fuller picture is emerging, the
CLONES – SERIOUSLY?
In all conscience, I would not be able to settle if I sat back and said nothing about what may well be, one of the most misleading and wholly disingenuous mainstream media articles that I have read for many a
LOOPING THE LOOPS
As news reports are coming in thick and fast from around the world, and do seem to be supported by mainstream sources, it now appears that an important worldwide event has occurred. A rather odd creature, the once numerous ‘Thickus
A WORD TO THE WISE
Over the last few days, I have been looking for references which illustrate why so many people, both online and in the real world, appear to exhibit behaviour which is best described as a type of ‘madness.’ This madness, akin
A RESTORATION
Among the research for a history book I am currently writing, I happened upon an online news article from November 2011, which outlined a campaign to raise funds to restore the neglected last resting place of a Great War pilot,
BRANCHING OUT
Going on the emails and the messages I have been receiving over the last few days, it appears that there is some concern that this site has not been updated with a new post – for a little over two
THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE
Founded in 1826, ‘The Society For the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge’, (mainly through the ministrations of Lord Henry Peter Brougham ) despite being overlooked and largely forgotten by history, has been experiencing something of a Renaissance over the last few
DESTINATION DAMASCUS
The world’s media are desperately trying to whip up support for an all-out military assault on Bashar Al-Assad and Syria, based on what now appears to be yet another falsehood, and one which has followed a long line of other
