I’m reading something very serious, very political. My son is trying to pretend to be interested in my life, because he wants me to crack open the Ben & Jerry’s Half-Baked. He’s so transparent: SON: Sooo… what cha, reading Mum? ME: Just some revolutionary socialist article about the Labour Party, the concept of labour aristocracy, […]
Talking About local Heroes… The Rev Joseph Rayner Stephens
JOSEPH RAYNER STEPHENS: This is a recent article of mine on an incredible champion of the poor; whose life and times have been very much overlooked – probably because he was based in the north of England – and certainly because he spoke ‘truth to power’. “Very few are aware of what the factory system […]
Careless Talk: Bigoted Tosh
My other half recently came off all “local” Facebook pages. I’m seriously thinking of doing the same after comments on recent stories with regards to sheep and lambs being injured in our area. Because – according to one bright spark, apparently “we’ve seen Asian men with knives in the area” and “no doubt this will […]
Parents – meet Teachers. Hello? Are we *that* estranged from one another?
I’m calling for a return to the parent being the teacher’s best friend. Parents – should we really be carping from the sidelines about teachers and schools on social media? Should we be naming teachers, with no thought to the devastating consequences for them and their families? Simply because we aren’t keen on them, don’t […]
Diana Days
“Mummy, where were you when you heard about that nice Princess Diana getting killed?” “Off my face in an Edinburgh hotel room, sweetie-pie. And believe you-me, I thought it must have been pretty strong stuff that we’d been having … when *that* particular news item flashed across the TV screen.” Actually, no. I didn’t answer […]
We’re in a New Country now
On the morning of the General Election results of 2017, one of my favourite comedians, Mark Steel, declared; “We’re in a new country now.” I couldn’t help but agree with him. Political awareness and interest has (finally) been pricked here and I take my hat off to the young people of the UK who quickly […]
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