© University of Birmingham As I wrote when posting a video about her work, Phyllis Nicklin was staff tutor in Geography in the University of Birmingham's Department of Extra Mural Studies in the 1950s and 1960s. She died in 1969, leaving behind thousands of colour slides she had taken for her classes. Many show a city in the throes of redevelopment. Some of those slides have been scanned by the university and can be reproduced for non-commercial purposes. So here is a cycle shop in Harborne photographed in 1961. A search on Google Street View shows that the building still ...
When I first became truly conscious of my sexual desires towards other boys, I was a fourteen-year-old devout Catholic who attended church every Sunday and believed. I knelt in those pew benches and I prayed. I ask God and Jesus (apparently they are one in the same) for help in a variety of aspect of my life at the time. The first major obstacle was my homosexuality and for good reason. Christianity says homosexuality is sinful When LGBT advocates and Christians alike come to point that the bible is fundamentally against homosexuality, they point to Leviticus 18:22 which states: "Thou ...
Brexit is a huge issue and many Labour supporters are now undecided according to reports from Labour's own canvassers.
Here's a short cine film of the British Celanese Motor Club's treasure hunt, held on 21st March 1965. This was one of an annual programme of motoring events that also included paced drives (rallies). As the club was affiliated to the RAC and the events had to be notified to the local police, it all seemed to be taken pretty ... The post British Celanese Motor Club – Treasure Hunt, March 1965 appeared first on ten pence piece.
Welcome to the Golden Dozen, and our 474th weekly round-up from the Lib Dem blogosphere ... Featuring the five most popular stories beyond Lib Dem Voice according to click-throughs from the Aggregator (19-25 March, 2017), together with a hand-picked seven you might otherwise have missed. Don't forget: you can sign up to receive the Golden Dozen direct to your email inbox — just click here — ensuring you never miss out on the best of Lib Dem blogging. As ever, let's start with the most popular post, and work our way down: 1. Could Galloway win Manchester Gorton? Could the ...
"I am running the London Marathon on the 23rd of April 2017 to raise money for COSMIC (Children of St Mary's Intensive Care). You can make a donation here. Here is why I am doing it." In an unbearably moving post, Mark Thompson tells the story of his son Olly's short life. Catherine Bearder explains why the Liberal Democrats want to let Britons keep their EU passports after Brexit: "Many young people are desperate to travel Europe and seek out opportunities to study, meet new people, learn languages and new skills. Can the people who voted Leave deny their children, ...
[IMG: 7 best] Many thanks to the 14,100 visitors who dropped by Lib Dem Voice this week. Here's our 7 most-read posts... In full: Tim Farron's speech: I love my country and I want it back from the Nationalists (36 comments) by Caron Lindsay Observations of an ex pat: Brexit goes nuclear (8 comments) by Tom Arms Cole-Hamilton: Greens have no mandate to call for second Scottish independence referendum (27 comments) by The Voice Yet another Liberal Democrat GAIN from the Conservatives (20 comments) by Caron Lindsay From selfies with Clegg to the Glee Club Stage: My first Liberal Democrat ...
[Below is the text of my review which first appears on the Edinburgh49.org review website] Casanova, a brand new ballet on it's world premier tour, choreographed by Kenneth Tindall in his first major work. This could have gone either way but be reassured: this is a really exciting piece. The story itself is based upon the life of Giacomo Casanova, taken from Ian Kelly's biography of Casanova. It starts with Casanova (Giuliano Contadini), a trainee priest, intent upon following his vocation when he meets musicians the Savorgnan Sisters, Nanetta & Marta (Abigail Prudames and Minju Kang). Together the sisters ...
The Home Secretary Amber Rudd has demanded that security services be given access to users' encrypted messages on services like WhatsApp. It's kind of good that we have someone who actually knows what they are talking about, because they have been an Assistant Commissioner in the Metropolitan Police, to assess these plans. Brian Paddick is not impressed. He said: These terrorists want to destroy our freedoms and undermine our democratic society. By implementing draconian laws that limit our civil liberties, we would playing into their hands. My understanding is there are ways security services could view the content of suspected ...
We want the Everton Stadium Plan to come off but there are many, many questions that need to be answered. Just to avoid doubt and to stop the spread the circulation of malicious rumours I want to see Everton develop ... Continue reading →
Sun 26th
12:51
Keir Starmer sets out "tough new conditions" for Labour to back Brexit deal - please, give me a brea...
Easily the most annoying thing about Corbyn's time as Labour leader (and that is saying something) has been the moves to look like the party won't block Brexit for any reason while simultaneously vowing to be tough on May's Brexit plans. It has meant that nothing Labour has said or done since June 23rd of last year has made the slightest bit of sense. They wanted to seem like they were listening to both Remainers and Leavers ; instead, it seems like the haven't listened to either side. Mostly because they haven't actually listened to either side. Keir Starmer has ...
Ukip's loss of its one MP brings to mind its previous unhappy experiment with having an MP, Bob Spink. He too left the party and ended up standing as an independent. But then even worse happened: Former Conservative MP Bob Spink, who defected to Ukip and became its first MP, has been charged with electoral fraud. The 68-year-old has been charged alongside a second man, 38-year-old James Parkin, over allegations that they submitted false signatures on Ukip nomination papers. The accusations relate to the local election for Castle Point Borough Council in south Essex, England in 2016. [Irish Times] Keep ...
What's this to do with? Formerly the site of the Northam Brickworks and declared a Local Nature Reserve in 1996, Eye Green Local Nature Reserve has been managed and maintained on behalf of Peterborough City Council by The Wildlife Trust. However, the formal lease with the Wildlife Trust, expired in September 2016 and the wildlife trust [...]
I got home yesterday afternoon from a bit of Lib Dem video filming in Teeside, switched on the news to watch any updates about the Unite for Europe march in London (I wasted my time with the BBC but Sky News covered it) and discovered that UKIP are no longer represented in the House of Commons. Their sole MP, the semi-detached Douglas Carswell, has taken too literally the meaning of "Independence
I'm not one for celebrating birthdays. My own would pass me by if it did not pop up on Facebook. But I think it worth recording that my emailed Ludlow Newsletters today are three years old. My best estimate is that they are read by around 1,000 people. That's okay for a small town newsletter written by a small town councillor. It was always my aim to tell people what was happening. The way that councils operate too often is obscure, hidden behind closed doors or in committees that people can't attend. This blog has been going for more than ...
Last night there were three principal council by-elections. One of them produced an interesting 'null and void' declaration while in West Somerset there was an outstanding Liberal Democrat gain from the Conservatives in an election for the district council. First to Blackburn UA. Higher Croft ward saw a by-election in December 2016, had one yesterday and is now set for a third in usual circumstances. Last night the Labour candidate won but the result was immediately declared null and void because he was employed by an external organisation on which Blackburn UA had places on the governing board of trustees. ...
This Spencer Davis Group cover of a song first recorded by Brenda Holloway comes from Their First LP, which was their first LP. As the album was released in July 1965, Steve Winwood was 17 at the most when he sang this and presumably played piano and organ on it too.
Welcome to the latest in my series of tips and advice for Liberal Democrat members, which appear first in the email bulletin run by London Region for party members. We've previously mentioned the benefits of having the Liberal Democrat canvassing app, MiniVAN, and the official Lib Dem federal conference app, but this week it's time to highlight a non-party app that is massively useful: FixMyStreet. FixMyStreet makes it really easy to report casework such as potholes, faulty street lights and graffiti whilst out and about using your smartphone – and then also to track progress on resolving them afterwards. Some ...
It goes without saying that if UKIP were not in the mess that they are the press would be all over Labour's internal troubles even more than they have been. So Labour must be glad of UKIP continually grabbing the political misery headlines (with the help of a BBC obsessed by UKIP) as it helps keep their troubles under the radar somewhat. But just look at the facts, they are startling and they show how deeply troubled the Labour Party is despite it having a terrible far right Tory Party Government to hit against. Here are just some of their ...
Sun 26th
08:55
Catherine Bearder MEP writes...Why we want to let Brits keep their EU passports after Brexit
Last weekend the Liberal Democrats Spring Conference voted to support Guy Verhofstadt's proposed initiative to allow Brits to keep their EU citizenship (if they want to!). Lib Dems believe that with our country split nearly 50/50 on our EU membership, it would be unfair to allow the process of leaving the EU to completely ignore the wishes of the side that narrowly lost and who want to continue with the EU. But it is not simply an issue of fairness that we are asking for Brits to be allowed to apply for EU citizenship. It is that as liberals and ...
DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL - ROAD REPORT FOR THE WEST END REPORT FOR WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 27 MARCH 2017 SSE Glenagnes Cable Renewal - Lochee Road lane restrictions and closures on Blinshall Street, Fleuchar Street and Scott Street for 5 months. Brown Street (Douglas Street to Miln Street) - closed from Monday 27 March for 5 working days for SSE cabling works. Blackness Road / Glamis Road - temporary traffic lights for 2 weeks for gas main renewal. Forest Park Road - temporary traffic lights for one week for Scottish Water main repair. Milnbank Road - temporary traffic lights for one ...
Turkish Cypriots optimistic over Enosis hurdle Things looking up again? (tags: cyprus ) Obamacare: The Republican Waterloo David Frum was right, and the rest of the GOP was wrong. (tags: ushealth uspolitics )
The decision by UKIP's only member of parliament, Douglas Carswell, to quit his party to become an independent MP has been a long-time coming. As the Guardian reports, Carswell, who defected from the Conservative party to UKIP in August 2014, said he was leaving "amicably, cheerfully and in the knowledge that we won": He said he would not be standing down before the next general election, and claimed there was no need for a byelection because he was not joining another party. UKIP, he added, had achieved its founding aims with the vote to leave the EU. "After 24 years, ...
