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  • local newspapers are of dubious worth

    28 November 2020

    Many local newspapers are of dubious worth, telling people things they already know, recycling press releases from local councils, and advertising the shops people walk past every day (or did until lockdown). The world is changing. News is online, as...

  • why landuse planning was introduced

    07 August 2020

    it's worth remembering why landuse planning was introduced in the first place. The Town & Country Planning Act of 1947 was the product of lobbying by the CPRE (then the Council for the Preservation of Rural England). Set up by architects among others,...

  • The gentlest eyes, the loveliest face –

    05 August 2020

    In the immediate aftermath of Culloden, Rob Donn (1714-78), in “Song of the Black Cassocks” connects apocalyptic imagery with specific place and time: I am heartsick for Scotland The people, so badly divided: Motives, desires, the mind of the country,...

  • A true story from Siberia

    05 August 2020

    On the 15th November, 1967, Moisei Sharett, a Ukrainian professor of physics, was kidnapped from his home in Kyiv while dining with his extended family. He was transported to an unnamed naukograd on the coast of north-eastern Siberia, where he was tasked,...

  • English Conservatives outsourcing everything

    31 July 2020

    Not for the first time, the English Conservative dogma and obsession with outsourcing everything including thought and presentation is costing lives and money. Johnson has even outsourced his Prime Ministership to Cummings and intends outsourcing his...

  • why wild flowers are gone

    28 January 2021

    A few years ago, the local grass cutting tractor broke down and there wasn't a replacement, so the grass in the most extensive parkland areas was allowed to grow. Wild flowers appeared, rarely seen butterflies, such as meadow browns, moved in, and I even...

  • Monday

    06 May 2019

    Monday and a day to cycle returning to an umbrella That I had left without thinking Such is life leaving things here there and everywhere got to take a notebook write down what I should do write down what I have write down to remember not to lose things...

  • Gospel .... . .. The door to door poem in Gateshead

    20 February 2017

    Gospel – Dear Sister, gather round and I will tell you the Good News,I’ve had a vision so profound I want to share with you,And when you hear this revelation you won’t doubt it’s trueCos the message that I’ve come to preach is:I Do Not Have A Clue. What...

  • The Winter Blues

    07 January 2020

    Some people say winter blues stem from a lack of Vitamin D*. In any case, experts (eg NHS) recommend we ALL take Vit D supplements in from around Sept to March, at least. According to the NHS, Vit D supplements are safe, the toxic dose is MUCH higher...

  • Hej ! what's this? Is it fishes or is it dinosaurs or even penguins?

    20 January 2017

    Then driving in Artica a van just stopped at the edge of the cleiff then hej what;s this a penguin going out and then it is very long because the cliff was very large and then the van but the line was to short to be like hoe they expected so they the...

  • The Song of the Clyde.

    27 May 2016

    I sing of a river I'm happy beside The song that I sing is a song of the Clyde. Of all Scottish rivers it’s dearest to me. It flows from Leadhills all the way to the sea. It borders the orchards of Lanark so fair. Meanders through meadows with sheep grazing...

  • Public rights of way

    09 August 2019

    Keep public rights of way clear of obstructions As the owner or occupier of land with a public right of way across it, you must: avoid putting obstructions on or across the route, such as permanent or temporary fences, walls, hedgerows, padlocked gates...

  • about messaging,

    24 January 2021

    about messaging, but we have all made a pact with the devil anyway. We have become addicted to the internet for our shopping, for our entertainment and for communication. On the whole, the developers of the software we use to do this know that we are...

  • bentham

    29 July 2017

    S urveillance Moderated surveillance is a feature of modern government. Modern because it relates to the development of the bureaucratic state and industrial (as distinct from agricultural) economies - Moderated because the camera watching the streets...

  • Climate Strike

    07 November 2019

    Each year, the dictionary’s lexicographers monitor a 9.5bn word corpus and make a list of 10 new and notable terms. One of these is crowned the word of the year. Climate strike’s definition is “a form of protest in which people absent themselves from...

  • class war

    19 January 2021

    Let us hope that the months of furlough will be repaid by the elderly asset rich generation who the least at risk group - the youth of Britain - have had to make the most sacrifice towards protecting. Everything else has been taking a hit but houseprices...

  • On the ferry

    06 September 2020

    on the ferry on the ferry looking back at the peninsula A cloudy look at the peninsula Speeding now away from the peninsula With the peninsula well away in the horizon now

  • Altars in the street

    11 June 2020

    Here is an altar that has been constructed It is the first one as you come out of the church Here is the second altar This is the Third Altar This is the last Altar which is in the cementary

  • The Glasgow Ice cream wars

    03 June 2020

    The Glasgow ice cream wars Help the Channel Grow Like, Comment & Subscribe! Hello and welcome back to another video and today we will be looking at the glasgow ice cream wars. War...... Wa... Channel 4 Documentary on TC Campbell & Joe Steele, the two...

  • marijuana

    30 July 2017

    A Summer's day. All is nice. Eagle hovering above. Marijuna in the fields . Cycling past some marijuana Until the field of marijuana ends. nn

  • The Fox

    06 May 2018

    When the fox dies, the fowls never mourn; for the fox never rears a chicken. — African proverb Kiedy lis umiera, ptactwo nigdy nie płacze; bowiem lis nigdy nie wychowuje kurczaka. Wenn der Fuchs stirbt, trauern die Hühner nicht; denn der Fuchs hütet nie...

  • Air is important

    29 April 2018

    Air is important How often do you think about the air around you? For most people, the answer is never: Yet air is very important to us: We simply cannot live without it. That is because air contains a gas called oxygen that all animals need to survive. Air...

  • The clangers

    31 July 2017

    The clangers The Clangers whistle to communicate. The lovely food of the clangers was green soup that they would get from the soup dragon. The clangers lived in peace and harmony. The clangers lived on a small, hollow planet, far, far away:

  • Dirty Air

    04 May 2018

    Dirty Air In wild, empty parts of the world, the air is very clean. But in places where there are millions of people, the air is often dirty. That is because people burn fuels that pollute the air. Polluted air is bad for us and can harm our lungs. Smoke...

  • Misleading

    05 July 2018

    Misleading. deceptive; tending to mislead to lead or guide wrongly; lead astray. to lead into error of conduct, thought, or judgment. to be misleading; tend to deceive: Misleading comes from before 1050; Middle English misleden, Old English mislǣdan. ....