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Continue reading →: Randall Dudley
If you’ve been watching This is Us, you will know that the adopted black boy needed a name of his own. The name suggested by his biological father was taken from the author of a book of poetry, Randall Dudley. Here is one of his poems (Source: Cities Burning Broadside…
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Continue reading →: Predictions
There are things we hope for and the most probable outcomes. Trump’s escape from his second impeachment trial was the most likely result. Myanmar drifting back to military dictatorship, not a big surprise. Climate change becoming more obvious, still not enough evidence for the world’s biggest polluters to change tack.…
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Continue reading →: Byron’s Darkness
I had a dream, which was not all a dream.The bright sun was extinguish’d, and the starsDid wander darkling in the eternal space,Rayless, and pathless, and the icy earthSwung blind and blackening in the moonless air;Morn came and went—and came, and brought no day,And men forgot their passions in the…
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Continue reading →: Inequality in lockdowns
It might seem strange to look at our own situation and compare it with that of other communities. But we are all invested in fighting the pandemic. Crisis might make us selfish. We are living day to day with the restrictions that deprive us of: pints down the pub with…
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Continue reading →: International Integtity
Being a superpower seems to bring with it the privelege of not being held accountable for ignoble deeds. Russia is led by a dictator who has used his spy network, FSB, to poison his opponent, Alexei Navalny. Miraculously, Navalny survived the attempt thanks to his treatment in a hospital in…
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Continue reading →: It’s a Sin
A Channel 4 programme has had record viewing figures and a profound impact on its audience. It’s a Sin deals with that period in the early 1980s when the Gay community were so vulnerable to the spread of Aids, and little was known about the virus. The series is well…
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Continue reading →: Vicarious pleasures
With time on our hands and no place to go, sports can provide a vicarious pleasure as we put ourselves in the players’ boots from the comfort of our own living rooms. This weekend Six Nations rugby kicked off with Scotland beating England at Twickenham. Who did I want to…
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Continue reading →: Neuroscience and me?
I went looking for some mental stimulation and picked a MOOC run by Harvard on Neuroscience. I have no science background and I may have bitten off more than I can chew. The course is well structured with lots of pop quizes throughout the topics. But I may be more…
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Continue reading →: Jab and go?
Do I count myself lucky that I got the vaccine?What do you think when you look at the screenAnd see the stats rising for infected and deadPneumonia the spectre of many a bed. So, will I be rushing to book foreign flights?Becoming a spreader for a handful of nightsWithout the…
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Continue reading →: Happy Birthday Tom Waits
Martha (to listen click here ) The lyrics are magical – read them here One of the greatest song writers and an extraordinary performer.
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