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After long silence
There are days when silence is the only answer. I've had a lot of those lately. There's not a lot to say when everything seems to be falling to pieces on all sides. And what use are the words of the powerless anyway?
But here's the thing. Today we were presented with a summary of Our Great Leader's Five Year Plan manifesto for our all-new, all- ( Read more... ) -
Most Necessary for (Wo)Men to Know.
So, back in the ninth century, having established himself as king of Wessex, Alfred the Great initiated a programme of education of his male aristocracy and oversaw the translation into Old English of a number of books he considered to be 'most necessary for men to know'. These were mainly religious, but also included Bede's A History of the ( Read more... ) -
Murder!!!!!
MOUSE FOUND DEAD IN CAMBRIDGE SITTING ROOM ( Read more... ) -
#redwriter Blame The Rich
Everyone seems very determined in preaching the mantra of 'no, there's no hope: know your place'. And any attempt at looking for any alternative way is greeted with derision and contempt ( Read more... ) -
#Redwriter. Polling Day
So, it's polling day, and I'm about to go out and make my mark -- with a pencil provided in the polling station, because I do not believe that anyone will be rubbing out and replacing marks. I am going to make my mark in the box marked Remain ( Read more... ) -
#redwriter rides again
Given how much people trafficking goes on, and how complicit some UK employers are in this -- this matters ( Read more... ) -
#redwriter
I'd like to know how so many journalists know for sure that working class British voters who support Brexit are all 'Labout supporters'. I keep hearing this, over and over, but nowhere have I seen clear evidence that this is so. The assumption that working class === Labour has not been valid since the Thatcher years. There are working class Tories ( Read more... ) -
Orlando
Prejudice and hatred are not the unique property of any one culture, any one faith, any one community ( Read more... ) -
But seriously...
So, I have a question for my female friends and female-presenting non-binary friends ( Read more... ) -
Mancunicon
Mancunicon is approaching rapidly and I have my schedule. I'm particularly looking forward to interviewing Aliette de Bodard on Saturday and to the Tanith Lee tribute item. I hope to see at least some of you there!
Revealing History, Revealing NowFriday 17:30 - 18:30, Room 8&9 (Hilton Deansgate ( Read more... )