The ‘Guardian’ gets philosophical: If your train journey proves a little trying beware letting go of your emotions lest the live-tweeter in seat 34A reveals your misery to millions.This is what, in effect, happened to a couple who were having a fairly lively argument on board a northbound Virgin train recently. It was their misfortune to be sitting close to comedian Janey Godley, who tweeted the whole thing to several…
Imagine prohibiting cigarette sales to people born after 2000. Phasing out tobacco will stop the next generation taking up smoking. Actually I’d be surprised if this is really new and hasn’t been bandied around nannying and anti-tobacco circles previously, but this is the first time I’ve seen something like it being seriously mooted in the pages of a major newspaper. And I have to say that not only is it…
When Liz Haughton opened The Park Café in Knowle West, Bristol, her vision was to create a community eatery serving wholesome and organic foods. Chips, coke and sweets were off the Daventry Road menu and replaced with dishes such as butternut squash soup and homemade bread. Wot, no chips? Why, no! If customers want chips, they can clearly go elsewhere. And…it seems that’s just what they did! But after just…
Two posts in one day – sorry, sorry but this had to be said. They can’t keep their f***ing hands off anything, can they? It’s the utter complacency in suggesting forced changes and dispossession of others which gets up my nose summit awful. Question – what is British beer served in? Of course it’s pints and halves. It’s not 600ml or 350ml or whatever – it’s PINTS. I don’t read…
Grrrrrrrrr! As usual, there are great women and then there are effing idiots. Here’s a great one: What a pathetic, sad woman who obviously has no life. Is it because she is a ‘bitter’ old hag and not top totty herself ? In fact I just googled her and she is far far from. The brewery should go away and brew another called ‘Bitter Kate’. But heh the plus side…
Lord Somber, an artist in his own right, sends an article by Pat Archbold on the “death of pretty”. We’re not a society of brilliant peacocks and dull peahens, we’re not a society where the men sartorially strut their stuff and the women hide away in burqas with pillarbox slits for their eyes, we’re a society where the male plays the aesthetic straight man to the exquisite woman. Woman is…
Sorry to go on about it but I wonder why bloggers still do it? Blogger have three ways of commenting: The full page uses this format: … and the pop-up this one: The problem arises when bloggers opt for this format: Simply put, it doesn’t work for a considerable number of readers, for various reasons. With me, it’s something to do with the Mac perhaps, for others it’s…
Ah yes – the tree Let’s start with the Mail piece on the parents’ outcry on how “they’ve” wrecked Waybuloo: BBC bosses decided to overhaul the programme to try and appeal to older children – bringing in Dave Lamb, best known for his witty commentary of Channel 4 reality show Come Dine With Me, to narrate the show. The show’s executive producer Vanessa Hill had unveiled her changes in a…
The New York Times has managed to upset yoga teachers and practitioners all over America. In its magazine, an article entitled ‘How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body’ details a number of physical ailments which can occur if people do not perform yoga properly. Some of these can be debilitating without medical treatment and can require hospitalisation. Yoga can adversely affect balance, eyesight, joints, muscles, the nervous system and the spine.…
Now here’s a good one from the Gaston Gazette, via This is True: This is no longer cute: Emanyea Lockett, 9, was suspended from Brookside Elementary School in Gastonia, N.C., for what the school’s principal described as sexual harassment. His crime? According to Emanyea, a substitute teacher overheard him tell another student that a teacher was “cute”. “It’s not like he went up to the woman and tried to grab…
An African correspondent, Rowan Hutchinson, sends this touching tale of the new church in Sweden: From TorrentFreak by Ernesto All around the world file-sharers are being chased by anti-piracy outfits and the authorities, and the situation in Sweden is no different. While copyright holders are often quick to label file-sharers as pirates, there is a large group of people who actually consider copying to be a sacred act. Philosophy student…
Jane Clare Jones manages to find a feminist cause even when reviewing television programmes. In this case, the opening episode of Steven Moffat’s Sherlock Holmes. This one has a female protagonist, but she just isn’t Guardian enough. What follows is the usual feminists drivel that might have come straight from Pseud’s corner, wrapped around an apparent critique of a lightweight television programme. In many ways the Holmes stories are a…
There’s nothing particularly exciting about 2011 in my eyes, except this and 2012 will be where most eyes will be trained. This evening we could be, as a society, forgiven for being morose, depressed, wishing to bring to trial and hang various people. They never stop, never rest from continuing the command and control, never cease for a second exploring every crack, every fissure in our goodnaturedness to get control.…
This post follows a series I’m running at my place about the desperate situation in education, the last one being here and another due at midday today. The short answer to: “Who needs teachers?” in today’s environment is “no one”, particularly bad teachers who are defined as anyone coming through state teacher training in the past 20 years. However talented, they’ve been brainwashed and I write as an insider until three…
Orphans of Liberty would like to thank you all for your patronage since its inception and the fact that we’re still alive and kicking at this moment must say something, we suppose. To mark the occasion – a little festive cheer. First a nice little interactive number: If that was too strenuous, relax to the strains of Tchaikovsky: We wish you all the compliments of the season. For those celebrating…
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