There was a time, in the distant memories of the past, when people were more connected to the natural environment. These days, only a few tribes and Shaman around the world still have this connection. The rest of us experience a cold detachment of a fe…
Once again, racism against non-white’s has exploaded like a pent-up volcano, with hot lava flowing throw the indignant masses, who are sick of the time it takes for political procedures to address their growing anger on the lack of progess being realised in equality for all. This clearly shows that leaders and politicians have not …
Most people live their daily lives as part of the ‘official line of consciousness’ – normal people with normal beliefs and interests, comfortably going along with the status quo, or accepting that things are just the way they are – without ever really …
Do you remember when UK schools were asked if they wanted to opt out of local authority control? For many, this seemed to offer a tremendous opportunity to become autonomous from the restrictions of the National Curriculum. Unfortunately, most of those…
‘There Goes The Neighbourhood’ by Mike Gentle (circa 1987) Whatever your beliefs about climate change on planet Earth, it is clear that humanity cannot continue on its present path of consumerist expansion and consumption of the Earth’s resources. Although the Earth will survive humankind, and doesn’t itself need saving, we on the other hand probably …
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Back in May 2017, some good friends asked if I would be interested in house sitting for them – and looking after their hens. They live in a very old and delightful house, slightly remote and deep in the countryside of West Yorkshire. I have always enjo…
Distortional Representation: When a statement is made by a person with one intention, but is twisted around by a receiving person, or people, and repeated in a provocative way to mean something different. As a result, no amount of come-back explan…
Searches online for the main two Manifestos arrive at Labour’s slightly quicker than the Conservatives – and you can then download pdf copies. The Conservative Manifesto (used to link to a a pdf file) totals 88 pages, and appears to be written (as a friend said) ‘like a report of accounts, rather than information for …
Many of us have thoughts and ideas about how we might escape into an adventure somewhere, but like many, the conjured reality in the mind often prevents us from taking steps outside our comfort zones. For a while, it’s easy to find excuses but as, one by one, these start to disappear, you are suddenly …
Few of you may have heard of the NAEA – let alone have visited it! Based in the grounds of the YSP (Yorkshire Sculpture Park) and an easy 2-minute walk from the lower car park towards the old Bretton Hall, the National Arts Education Archive ‘…was established in 1985 to provide a documentary trace of …
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