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…
Shänne Sands
I have been asked about Shänne Sands who is an unknow poet and why I quote her work so often. The best answer I am able to give is a critique of her work from poetry professor in America i who read the five selections of her work published in 2011: ‘… I find your…
Early Philosophy
The first philosophers may have been asking or been asked a question. We will never know what it was, what is a cloud? Why does it rain? do we need pain? It probably wasn’t profound because they may not yet have had the language to ask. It may also have been what is self-awareness? which…
The Beauty of the Maestrom
The Webb telescope has been redefining high resolution ands given us broader and deeper insights into the nebula and planet formation in deep space. The beauty of the resultant images cannot be denied and one hopes the scientists have managed to get the colours right, yet in this beauty are terrifying energies and powers that…
Stabbings
With the murder of a thirteen year old I hear the police stating they will find the perpetrator but he also added we need to get to the root of the problem and if these stabbings have something to do with bad parenting. I think it would go without saying that anyone who kills may…
6 a.m.
Here in Cornwall even now as autumn begins it is difficult to get away from crowds. Why would I want to get away from crowds? Because they are not here for the benefit of the county but to forget where they have to live and work. In the years since the 1970s when tourism really…