Author: Him

Les Chansons du Peuple.

  Assez bien oublié en La France sont les protagonistes sauf Jean Moulin. Encore un Chant inspirant néanmoins   Puis vint la guerre d’Algerie et d’Indochine, Ce fut une riposte, il a été censuré et interdit pendant la guerre en…

Megabollix, part 2

Part Two We are “Dorper” sheep. Quite a rare breed of sheep in France, the name comes from the male Dorset Horn and the female Blackhead Persian Sheep. As you would expect we have black heads and a white body.(More…

Sir Ken Robinson

A very witty and funny, but passionate plea for alteration of the education system worldwi   Do Schools Kill Creativity? I think they do.     This is essentially part two of the selection. How do you get to INSIST…

Just a reminder from our past.

From Him. Although old and simple it still carries the truth about the causes of war. Not the so called official reasons, just the never ending strangulation by bigger  businesses seeking vast profits. From Grain to Oil and the easy…

1 Kennet Road, A.E.R.E. Harwell.

  UPDATED on 29th April 2021   1 Kennet Road. It would be better to put a little perspective on life in this part of England at the commencement of these reminiscences, 1947. Food and clothing were rationed to everyone,cars…

Simon de Montfort

Simon de Montfort This is why we have an original flag to commemorate him.  It was my wife, of fiercely held democratic views, who first drew my attention to Simon de Monfort, 6th Earl of Leicester. He was born in…

Mass Surveillance

What is mass surveillance? Mass surveillance is the subjection of a population or significant component of a group to indiscriminate monitoring. It involves a systematic interference with people’s right to privacy. Any system that generates and collects data on individuals…

Howard Zinn

  Biography Howard Zinn was a historian, author, professor, playwright, and activist. His life’s work focused on a wide range of issues including race, class, war, and history, and touched the lives of countless people. Zinn grew up in Brooklyn…

TED Talks about the Internet

They choose what you want to see, not what you need to see. Another thought provoking talk, about using Facebook. This time we have the awesome/awful thought that there is the possibility to predict your TOTAL lifestyle and your future…