Over thirty years ago the water companies in the UK were privatised by the conservative party on their altar of ‘private is more efficient’ and on the basis of the investment needed to bring water resources to modern standards. I remember raw sewage being pumped into the sea in Cornwall. No one ever asked why…
Month: April 2024
Rwanda
I haven’t said much about the migrates into Europe and I have no excuse to avoid their plight. The BBC tells us most come from war zones or places of deepening conflict. It seems to me that wiser destination countries should be looking at the causes of these wars and the causes of migration in…
Facebook Fails
There is a lot of text on a coloured background on Fb to catch your eye. Most of it is homilies which are always for the dreamers but sometimes they are just ridiculous in their attempts to be intelligent. The latest one I saw today was saying tat student demonstrations have always been on the…
ART
Art This is a life, Where poet, writer, painter, Heat their hands from flames Burning from the brain’s fire – Earth’s very sky is held still As they turn sea to words – Rock to paint – Wine and beer wash throats With song and conversation – In a bodily exchange for art – Where…
Universities
I have heard a good deal about universities in American and students becoming antagonistic towards Jewish students because if Gaza. I am all for people caring. I am all for saying that the people dying in Gaza are being murdered because that is what war is. I am not surprised that the students show no…
Scrabble
I recently played a game of scrabble with friends and managed to get the word Segue. No one knew what it meant and they were teetering on challenging me and finally did. It got me thinking about one’s passive vocabulary. Passive vocabulary are the words one probably never or very rarely uses, but one knows…
My friends told their 12 year old son they didn’t want him playing too many hours of games on his phone and computer and would restrict his screen time. in response he dressed up in his best clothes and made a presentation to them about what it was like being a child with no authority…
A Little of the Old World
I spent yesterday talking about a book with an author that we are going to publish in the near future. I recall when Amazon first started books sold very well as here was trust in the product and buying online was still new and untested, I have to say that today designing and producing a…
The rise in Anti Semitism in the west
It is all over the news and it suggests very strongly this is all to do with Gaza. this hatred is ancient and relies upon two main foundation stones: the first is the human ability to harbour hatred of a group and this is universal and worldwide. The second relies upon the teaching of Islam…
We have to wonder
why nature created aggression. The problem for her is that once she creates something and it survives, getting it to survive in the world it creates without the skills that helped it survive, is impossible. There is no cut off valve and any amelioration of aggression would take hundreds of years. In fact the drive…