Nicko has posted a moving poem on his blogg.
It made me stop in my tracks & think about where this simplified view of post-modernism (?) is coming from. Post-modernity is not an easy concept to fully grasp, partly because of the number of different aspects & theorists involved & the fact that as a [...]
Penguin have produced a set of pocket paperbacks for its 70th anniversery. They are a real bargain aswell, (particularly if you bulk buy).
The range is wonderful, it includes: Sue Townsend, Nick Hornby, George Orwell, Noam Chomsky, The Lady Chatterley Trial, Roger McGough, Micheal Moore, Grevase Phinn, Jamie Oliver, JK Galbraith, H.G Wells, John [...]
All a bit strange today. Will explain more, if & when it becomes appropriate to do so. But am beginning to go with the classic Depeche Mode line (?) “I think God’s got a sick sense of humour.”
Also today I was given a bit of WISE knowledge, but am not dropping any clues until [...]
Decided that I’d do a bit of an A-Z to help anybody who is intending to go to Scotland, but hasn’t been on a protest before. This is intended to be a bit of fun
A is for anorak – you never know if it’ll rain. The foldy up ones are probably most [...]
If it takes you 3 seconds to read this post 1 child will have died due to avoidable poverty, if it takes you 30 seconds 10 children will have.
With a week to go, it’s not just the trendy thing to support – we really can make a difference. If you’re still not sure – that’s [...]
Word coming out of some damp fields in the west country (Glasto Official Site Link ) is that if you want to buy some wellies you’re having to bid for them. They are being auctioned, rather than sold.
For those of us not there, I agree with Dave that BBCi is an [...]
I’ve come over all denominational.
Normally, I am v. much of the ecumenical school of thought & actually think in many ways denominations are about as important as a soggy sock. However, I think they are useful in terms of helping us define our identity in some ways & deciding who we are (& the ways [...]
There is an interesting post on Maggi Dawn’s site about when is the right time to have children.
Her conclusion is by trying to put forward an “ideal” time, we are not living in the real world and it puts a whole load of un-needed garbage on people (my paraphrase). Ideally life should be [...]
9 days to go & because of the way life works at the end of term, today I taught my last proper lesson for the subject I’m giving up.
It was all an ickle strange really and the changes I’m going to be making in my life now seem v.v. real.