Backwards thinking at the chemists
30
Jun
Thanks to Donna for this one.
Antisemitism: what does that even mean?
28
Jun
this post also features in offguardian Then came Giladgate and the suspension of Labour MP Chris Williamson for defending Israeli Jewish musician – and vehement critic not only of his own state but a particular subset of Jews – Gilad … Read More »
Nils Melzer on Julian Assange
27
Jun
This from wiki: Nils Melzer is a Swiss academic, author and practitioner in the field of international law. Since 2016, Melzer has been serving as United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture. He is Professor of International Law at the University … Read More »
A day on the Dordogne
26
Jun
Overlooking a wide loop in the river, the chateau at Beynac-et-Cazenac was gifted in 1115 to the sisters of Fontevrault Abbey but seized at century’s end by Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester and prominent crusader. Expanded in later centuries, … Read More »
OPCW leak: what’s the story, George?
28
May
Dear George I’d hoped you might have changed your tune – or at least laid off the Kool Aid and for once kept your head down on things Syria. You haven’t though. Above is your bizarre tweet in response to … Read More »
Wollaton Park yesterday
27
May
May ends in tears
26
May
* * * In the first and more specific of two reminders – lest tears fog up our memory – Fire Brigades Union General Secretary Matt Wrack points out that: Many of the underlying issues at Grenfell were due to … Read More »
Birds and bees
25
May
Today in Attenborough.
The crazy world we live in
24
May
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Can Alice Miller shed light on America?
23
May
Every once in a while I try to make sense of otherwise savvy people who refuse to see a reality staring us in the face: that on any number of metrics the USA is the world’s most lawless state. * … Read More »