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 [...]
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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 »
The annual slow shamble from Bethlehem…
Posted in dogma, faith, media, outlook, philosophy, politics, relationships, religion on Saturday, 6 December, 2008 | 4 Comments »
or is it just from somewhere nearby that hallowed place.
Yes, as the storm rumbles on around Westminster I decided to have a look at Christmas in today’s world. I will, however, pre-warn you to say that I’m a bit of a ‘humbug’ would be a drastic case of understatement…
It doesn’t matter if you are a [...]
The Mouth of V for Vendetta
Posted in Britain Today, media, outlook, philosophy, politics on Sunday, 3 August, 2008 | 2 Comments »
or just plain propaganda by the government…
It’s not new, but then it’s not big or clever although it does work.
The longest running government sponsored programme I know about – that was actively meant to affect folks’ behaviour is The Archers on Radio 4, originally being funded, if memory serves right, by the Department for Agriculture [...]
The Kingdom of Prince Caspian
Posted in Provoked by Celluloid, Terror, media, outlook, politics, relationships on Wednesday, 16 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
well, alright it’s a rather tacky way of sticking a review of The Kingdom and The Narnia Chronicles: Prince Caspian together in one title…
I think both films are both fantastic and gritty. The idea of a large bomber that causes such damage as to eventually let the FBI have permission to send an investigative team [...]
A Sharp Look
Posted in Britain Today, Provoked by Celluloid, media, outlook, politics on Tuesday, 1 July, 2008 | 2 Comments »
at the way the state sponsored attempt at justice is on BBC One this week at 9 O’Clock and available for the internet viewing thing is Criminal Justice written by one of the legal professionals and as such it was good to see the comfortable tone of Rumpole of the Bailey, [from the radio plays [...]
“A few weeks ago,
Posted in Church of England, Provoked by Transmitter, dogma, faith, media, outlook, philosophy, politics, relationships, religion on Wednesday, 18 June, 2008 | 1 Comment »
two Anglican clergymwen celebrated their civil partnership at a service in a famous London church.”
Thus started Giles Fraser this morning on his mis-placed slot for Thought for the Day. Well, just as a messy barometer about how sharp his mind is – today is the 18th of June and the service was on the 31st [...]
Liberals, The Church of England and The Media
Posted in Church of England, dogma, faith, media, outlook, relationships, religion on Monday, 16 June, 2008 | 1 Comment »
If you want to do something but don’t like the idea of not being able to do it – just getting on and doing it is the best way forward. Shoot the gun, make them ask questions afterwards and try to smile to the camera as much as possible. If indeed the media come to [...]
As I was walking the new and four-legged
Posted in Britain Today, Canine Matters, Terror, history, media, outlook on Friday, 13 June, 2008 | 2 Comments »
addition to the family I was musing that when I was a youngster – back in the 70s the high end of dog walking/training etiquette was that if the dog being walked needed to ‘go’ -yes this is my early warning we are going to use ‘dirty’ words… then the dog would be trained to [...]
Buffy, Angel, Willow and the use of ‘Magic’
Posted in Provoked by Celluloid, media, outlook, philosophy, relationships on Wednesday, 11 June, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In the series of Buffy [The Vampire Slayer] and Angel magic is used relatively commonly and not just by the good guys…
Given the shift of sympathy for programmes with an edge of realism and the ‘occult’ given that some involved in these went through a spate of badness – Witchblade was cancelled, the actress who [...]
Fundametalists, Documentaries, Fundamentalists
Posted in dogma, faith, media, politics, relationships, religion on Tuesday, 20 May, 2008 | 6 Comments »
last night on Channel 4 there were [at least] two documentaries about ‘christian’ figures…
Years ago Peter Vardy was approached by The Sun and asked a couple of quick questions, won’t take up your time, etc etc… as soon as Peter had said that he believed God had created the universe and whatever that was enough [...]
