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Following on from my Eureka post of the other day I saw this article on openDemocracy entitled,  T he revolution will be networked ,  by ...

Or is it an epiphany? I retired at the end of June this year and so far I’m enjoying it. For the first few months it all felt like a ve...

You can never have equality in a world where competition exists. Any competition is a process of grading people by criteria determined by...

I thought this seemed appropriate for a #SocialistSunday. If you really want to take back control there's only one way to do it, an...

There is no such thing as the middle-class. It is artifice. Something manufactured by the elite (the filthy rich) as a kind of buffer betwe...

One of the many tools that the few use to control the many is to invent and reinforce the artificial attributes of gender roles and stereot...

I've always shied away from using naked flesh in my art . I've never been a great one for the classic nude. It's not that I...

“I am the message” Sounds very corny and very American I’m sure you’ll agree. That’s because it is. I borrowed it from the corporate bu...

...or is it Mr Gumby? It's probably very vain of me but i love seeing images i've created in print and today it was extra thri...

I’m never likely to be famous and quite frankly I have no desire to be so. I write this blog mainly for my own amazement and for anyone that...

No society can call itself civilised whilst it has poverty in its ranks. We in the UK are not a civilised society. Most of the population se...

Is education dead? I think it probably is! As an old fuddy-duddy fifty-something it is easy to dismiss the education system as not being a...

Amongst the narrow-minded rich and middle-classes there is a concept of the undeserving poor. The idea that those at the lower end of the in...

Most pseudo-libertarians have a tendency to be either right-wing nutters or canon-fodder shielding and doing the donkey-work for right-win...

I wish someone with right-wing leanings could explain to me why it is so important for rich people to pay less tax than the less well off me...

Listening to the radio at lunchtime one couldn’t not help but be moved by the accounts of so many unfortunate folk that have been injured, t...

A text arrived yesterday asking us if we would like to attend Norwich Pride. Yes we thought. Might be nice to see, and to offer (hopefully n...

The idea that we are governed by anyone other than elected representatives is quite frankly abhorrent. Isn’t it time that the UK became some...

“ Democracy can never flourish if the workings of a state or the major influences within that society are not secular .” * It should be eve...