Autumn Bows Out Under a Polar Vortex!
Well that's another autumn done with as the meteorological winter commences. It has been a funny old season, with temperatures in the south ranging between 34 centigrade in September and falling as low as -9 centigrade on the last day of November. I quite enjoyed the few hard frosts we had this week and as a measure of how desperate middle aged life is, I looked forward to trying on my new thermal socks with what can only be described as ...
Kate Bush Loving Theresa May Means Brexit Will be Fine
When I heard Kate Bush sing "I'm Running up that, road, running up that hill, to vote for Neil Kinnock" I was convinced that this Queen of political pop would never waiver her support for the red flag. Even back in 1978, it was obvious she was a socialist as she sung her hit 'Wuthering Heights.' 'Michael Foot, it's me, Cathy Come home, I'm so cold! Let me in-a-your window to vote for you'. And what about her massive hit Babooshka....
Fidel Castro – One Man’s Freedom Fighter is Another Man’s Dictator
When I was young, I used to pick up a lot of alternative history and political ideology from music, which can be a good and bad thing because whilst some of it was well-meaning, much of it was a load of idealistic bollocks by musicians who later depressed the shit out of you by sending their kids to London's top fee paying schools. The Clash were a great band to pick up snippets of history and politics from and whilst the road to enlighten...
Sadness, Irony and a Bit of Common Sense – Another Mad Week in Britain
As every week passes, Britain seems to go that bit more crazy and this week has been no exception, with lashings of the following. Sadness The murderer of MP, Jo Cox, Thomas Mair, was sentenced to life behind bars this week and will never be released. It doesn't matter what your political persuasion is, she was a democratically elected member of parliament and a mother of two children, butchered in her constituency by a terrorist screaming ...
2016 – A Pothole on the Road to Enlightenent
I saw a picture of my infants school the other day and it was quite a shocking reminder of a 70's childhood that featured cold concrete rooms that undoubtedly also featured a smattering of asbestos. I was one of the lucky ones to emerge out of the 1970's relatively unscathed, but the more I reflect on it, the more I can remember the norm of unwarranted beatings and psychological abuse at the hands of several teachers; being perpetually told ...