JOSEPH RAYNER STEPHENS: This is a recent article of mine on an incredible champion of the poor; whose life and times have been very much overlooked – probably because he was based in the north of England – and certainly because he spoke ‘truth to power’. “Very few are aware of what the factory system […]
Go Ask Your Mother… Or Even Better -Grill Your Granny
Do you know what an ‘inter-generational’ project is? Sounds riveting, eh? But before you expire of boredom in anticipation of today’s little bloggy-offering, please let me reassure you that this whole ‘inter-generational project’ malarky truly IS something to write home about. That it genuinely IS something that should tickle all of our fancies. In the […]
“You’ll Thank Me For It One Day!”
Whatever year you happened to be born into – whether you are a child of the 1940’s or a kid spawned of the 90’s, you’ll no doubt be able to remember some of the more ingrained parental scripts. Some of them stark. Some of them scary. Some of them bloody hilarious. And didn’t we all […]
Death Penalty – a light-hearted distaction for Tory screw-ups…
I know that I shouldn’t be shocked. But I am. Apparently it’s the power of the public. The power of the petition. If enough people have enough strong views about something or other – our adorable Members of Parliament get to collectively debate it. With the potential of re-establishing the legal -snuffing out of human […]