In 1922 the people who watched the fizzled revolt of the Nazi party in Munich shrugged and went about their business. In the early 1930s when the British fascists marched in London the dockers left their work and there were street fights with them. In the late 20s when Mein Kampf came out a baroness…
Author: Daniel
Reading and Believing
When have you ever read anything? Do you just believe what people tell you? I was with someone recently and was talking about political matters in our society and they said, ‘how do you know all this? Do you read a lot?’ I am not someone to criticise strata of society about which I know…
How Difficult Is It?
When I was younger if I ever found myself kissing someone it was by accident or by some sub-conscious desire that never actually hit my conscious brain before it happened. As I grew older the ability to ask someone out has never been a skill I possess. Not because I am shy (i was when…
Moon Day
So I am told NASA is running a project tomorrow to celebrate the moon by asking the world to look up and see it. Here is a children’s poem by Shänne Sands: Lets do all kinds of things tonight; We’ll ride to the Moon on a silver bike, Which we’ll sell to the…
The TUC
I read they have declared the Gaza war a genocide and everyone should take them seriously. Let’s see the UK has been at relative peace for 80 years after the most violent war ever known and after 1200 years of Europe producing the most disciplined and well armed soldiery the world has ever known which…
Paris Exposition 1937
The technology exposition in Paris in 1937 was much vaulted by Nazi Germany and Communist Russian and looking at their work the similarities in the ‘strong looking working man’ with chiselled chins and powerful arms carrying hammers and shovels. The rectangular sharp edged buildings were even worse with their anodyne flatness broken by vertical crenellations…
Some Dogs
Are abandoned and in pain, abused and die horribly and some, like Rusty here, have their own facebook group with pictures of their walks and daily adventures with other dogs who, while not always having their own group, are cared for and fed every day. I have to add this group was only created today…
The Inner Traveller
One of the fun things about writing is making up characters who come from different backgrounds and seeing ho far research can take you to make the real. In the old days this meant hours in a library with a check list of what I needed to find out but today it all about writing…
Supporting Artist
So Pirates; Behind the Legends is showing in Disney+ right now as part of a documentary by National Geographic. Personally having seen the first three I don’t think it is as in-depth as might be expected from such an august organisation but it was hilarious and rather satisfying to see myself being a pirate, though…
How old are we?
It is a strange fallacy we have that we think nation and nationhood is only about 5,000 years old, maybe 10,000 if we take it as starting with farming. The reason I find it strange is that nationhood is an idea and as an idea it doesn’t get stronger just because the population increases. if…