yes it’s that book by George Orwell…
My rather plush copy came with a forward by Robert Harris although that had nothing to with my purchase – I simply mention it here because he claims in the forward that George originally thought that he had produced a gem of a book but by the time he [...]
Archive for the ‘history’ Category
1984 or should that be 1948?
Posted in Britain Today, Provoked by Pulp, dogma, history, media, outlook, philosophy, politics on Thursday, 20 August, 2009 | 1 Comment »
To Happiness or a Good Life?
Posted in Britain Today, Local Elections, Utilitiarianism, dogma, faith, history, outlook, philosophy, politics on Friday, 5 June, 2009 | 14 Comments »
Let me unpack what I mean here. Happiness is standing in for Utilitarianism [as you can see 'Happiness' is comparatively user friendly] – Bentham the great grandaddy of this school defined it as the greatest total sum of happiness which has been rather cheaply reduced to the phrase ‘the greatest happiness of the greatest number’ [...]
Courting Power – a lesson in politics
Posted in Britain Today, dogma, history, outlook, philosophy, politics, relationships on Thursday, 4 June, 2009 | 7 Comments »
I am currently training to become a professional… No really but this post isn’t about that. You see at the moment the profession is not regulated. It has bodies that can be appealed to if the practitioner in question is one of their members – of course not everybody is a member and that’s why [...]
Wanted: Liberty!
Posted in Britain Today, European Elections, Local Elections, dogma, history, outlook, philosophy, politics on Wednesday, 3 June, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was listenning to Hearts and Minds, on Radio4, the second episode about Isaiah Berlin is the one I think has more going for it…. and was struck by one of the quotes of Isaiah about dictators and happinness that reminded me of one of the prominent thinkers of New Labour.
Lord Richard Layard,that economist come [...]
Hopefully not wearing out ones welcome…
Posted in Glimpses from The USA, dogma, faith, history, outlook, politics on Sunday, 28 September, 2008 | 1 Comment »
And if you want a go at touching on all points re Sarah Palin – then you are more than welcome…
I’m actually not a big Sarah Palin or John McCain fan ; however , I do dislike the other pairing. It is in that setting I find myself sometimes offering opinion on the former and [...]
Whackos VI; What Use Evolution?
Posted in Provoked by Celluloid, dogma, faith, history, outlook, philosophy, politics on Tuesday, 26 August, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I have re-watched Dawkins ‘The Genius of Charles Darwin‘ three episode and even taken notes.
I was seriously thinking about writing about how many and conflicting faith statements Dawkins made – and you’ll be relieved to know I may yet indulge this compulsion but in the meantime I thought I’d stick with something that struck me [...]
Dawkins and Freedom of Thought
Posted in atheism, dogma, faith, history, outlook, philosophy, religion, science on Tuesday, 19 August, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
No doubt when I’ve re-watched all three episodes together of the ‘The Genius of Charles Darwin‘ I’ll write a ‘Whackos’ post about them as a whole but for this piece I’ll try to keep to The Final Installment of Dawkins propaganda… And make no mistake – that’s what it is. Either he doesn’t have enough [...]
In defense of Creationists…
Posted in atheism, dogma, faith, history, outlook, philosophy, religion on Friday, 8 August, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This may seem like a vain attempt at defending the indefensible – and depending on what is assumed it is.
Before I get into this I want to decouple some issues – which will no doubt be returned to.
Evolution does not mean ‘God’ or any other ‘Higher being/s’ do not exist. Evolution provides a description of [...]
A reflection on GAFCON and The 39 Steps, sorry – Articles…
Posted in Church of England, dogma, faith, history, outlook, relationships, religion on Saturday, 5 July, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Now that I can get back to matters spiritual, or at least claiming to be spiritual, from my diversion over a sudden decision to boycott British American Tobacco and a small note to say I’m still waiting for a reply from Duncan Bannatyne – let us not forget that Nestle is worse… Anyway Gafcon has [...]
Raggedly Brilliant
Posted in Provoked by Transmitter, history, outlook, philosophy, politics, relationships on Monday, 16 June, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
At the moment the old Radio 4 is running The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists as it’s classic serial.
This is just a note to recommend it (or even the book itself) and to forewarn you, dear reader, that I’ll be coming back to this masterpiece later – for there is much to dwell therein.
For the moment however [...]
