John Rogers takes us on a walk from Kingston to Ewell. Starting at the Anglo-Saxon coronation stone in Kingston, he mostly follows the Hogsmill River and there is an early mention for Richard Jefferies. John has a Patreon account to support his videos and blogs at The Lost Byway.
So, apparently, suggests... the Lord Chancellor? You are kidding me, right? It seems not. What that means is one of four things; He actually believes that, in which case, he needs to come up with a definition of "acceptable", and fast, or;He didn't mean that, in which he needs to clarify the position, or;He doesn't understand the significance of what he said, or;He believes that retaining his job is far more important than the rule of law, which means that he is unfit for public office.Actually, he probably needs to go in cases 1, 3 and 4 but, given that ...
Institutions aren't sexy. But they matter. And at the moment, an awfly large number of the institutions we've built in this country and around the world seem to be failing.
Sun 13th
18:33
Film emerges of antisemitic campaigning by Lib Dem shortlisted as London mayoral candidate
From PoliticsHome today: The Lib Dems have shortlisted a candidate who was seen launching an antisemitic campaign against her election rival during an unsuccessful effort to become an MP. PoliticsHome has seen footage of Geeta Sidhu-Robb using a megaphone to urge Muslim voters not to vote for her Labour opponent, Jack Straw, because he is Jewish. The Lib Dems announced on Tuesday that Ms Sidhu-Robb, a former corporate lawyer turned health food entrepreneur, would go head-to-head with councillor Luisa Porrit for the party's nomination for London mayor, with the winner due to be announced on 13 October. But in footage ...
We're taking a couple of days out west, and yesterday once again visited the Groeningemuseum in Bruges. Last time we went, my imagination was captured by the portraits of Baron van Keverberg and his English wife Mary Lodge. Facing them is another striking portrait, of Théodore-Joseph Jonet and his daughters Juliette and Emilie, painted in 1832 by François-Joseph Navez. The older daughter, Juliette, has recently got engaged and is showing off her ring. The girls' mother had died some years back; these three people have been a close family unit of their own for a long time, and now it's ...
Last night I tuned in to the 'Last Night of the Proms' as I do most years. It's a bit of tradition with flag waving and old established tunes which evoke a past which was by no means glorious but ... Continue reading →
St Albans MP Daisy Cooper has been elected unanimously as Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats and has committed to building a "winning campaign machine".
Alongside Planning for the Future White Paper (see previous article), ministers published without fanfare a second consultation on changes to the planning system. Council housing targets will be set centrally using a crude formula that distributes responsibility for the government's ambition for 300,000 new homes a year round the country. But the formula will allocate more housing to higher priced areas such as the south and east, while reducing ambitions for the Northern Powerhouse. A 'short-term' waiver of S106 requirements for most small sites could cut affordable housing delivery by up to 20%. A quarter of affordable housing delivered will ...
In a newly published interview with the Independent, Daisy Cooper reveals that she is the new Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats. This news is very welcome but it will surprise nobody. She was the very clear frontrunner and was elected with the unanimous backing of her parliamentary colleagues. Constitutional geeks among you will know that this post is actually the Deputy Leader of the Parliamentary Party in the House of Commons and is chosen by the MPs. In her interview, Daisy talked about the issues she would be fighting on. The article is headlined that we're going to be ...
Sat, 12:56: Great writing: "It is another foggy day, and it has not lifted by afternoon: rain just holding off, but the air as damp as if the afternoon had been rubbed with snails." Sat, 14:48: RT @damonwake: Great piece on tanks, which also contains a classic Economism in the second par: 'the tank—an armoured vehicle typically equ... Sat, 15:29: Augustin van Outrye really wishes he was anywhere else than being painted by Joseph-Beno�t Suv�e in 1782. https://t.co/M5uyK8fhys Sat, 15:33: RT @MichaelAodhan: @nwbrux "Did I leave the immersion heater on....." Sat, 15:57: Annie Hall https://t.co/EKREiBah6u Sat, 16:05: Why Are Austrians ...
In case you missed it, Twickenham's Lib Dem MP made her debut at Prime Minister's Questions this week. She was first up and her question was simple and effective: Testing one's eyesight, natural justice, and only breaking the law in a limited and specific way – all excuses used by this Govt for their disregard for the rule of law. If the Govt does not obey the law, how can the PM expect the rest of us to do so? Watch my #PMQ just now [IMG: 👇] pic.twitter.com/efa92ono1X — Munira Wilson MP (@munirawilson) September 9, 2020
Unsurprisingly, lockdown has given me more time to read, which I've very much been enjoying. If you'd like to see my thoughts on what I've read, and what I'd like to read, you can find me on goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/108275729-jack-fleming
One of My Kind, explains AllMusic, was: A casual documentary chronicling the formation of Conor Oberst's Mystic Valley Band during the early days of 2008 and their subsequent tour, One of My Kind appeared as a free download in 2009 and then a re-edit was packaged for an official release in 2012, accompanied by a soundtrack of the same name. Considering how raggedness is part of the band's appeal, this collection comprised of B-sides, tour-only EPs, re-recordings, and outtakes from the band's two albums emphasizes that ramshackle charm. This is the title track from that soundtrack. There's more from Conor ...
Sun 13th
08:30
Whoniversaries 13 September: Ace Bhatti, Zygons #3, Hive #3, Planet #2, Battlefield #2, Listen
i) births and deaths 13 September 1914: birth of Max Rosenberg, producer of the 1960s Dalek films. 13 September 1915: birth of Alan Bromly, director of The Time Warrior (Third Doctor, 1973-74) and Nightmare of Eden (Fourth Doctor, 1979). 13 September 1969: birth of Ace Bhatti, who played Rani's father Haresh in the Sarah Jane Adventures. ii) broadcast anniversaries 13 September 1975: broadcast of episode three of Terror of the Zygons. Harry saves the Doctor; Sarah rescues Harry; the Zygon ship takes off for London. 13 September 1980: broadcast of third episode of The Leisure Hive. The aged Doctor and ...
Today's Sunday Times has an unprecedented joint comment article by two former Prime Ministers, who in their day were despatch box and political rivals. In a sign of how seriously some are taking the breach of trust and breaking of international law inherent in the Brexif Bill, Tony Blair and John Major have jointly authored a piece calling on the UK government to drop the controversial clauses or face a revolt from MPs. The Brexit Bill they argue, completely trashes key clauses in the Withdrawal Agreement, on which Johnson won his 80 seat majority, and undermines the Good Friday Agreement, ...
Further update - for Sunday 13th September from Councillor Fraser Macpherson (West End) and Councillor Craig Duncan (Broughty Ferry) NEW CONTACT TRACING APP Protect Scotland is a free, mobile phone app designed to help us protect each other, reduce the spread of the virus and avoid further lockdowns. The app will alert you if you have been in close contact with another app user who tests positive. And if you test positive, it can help in determining contacts that you may have otherwise missed while keeping your information private and anonymous. You can download it here: https://protect.scot/ NEW LOCKDOWN RESTRICTIONS ...
Alongside Planning for the Future White Paper (see previous article), ministers published without fanfare a second consultation on changes to the planning system. Council housing targets will be set centrally using a crude formula that distributes responsibility for the government's ambition for 300,000 new homes a year round the country. But the formula will allocate more housing to higher priced areas such as the south and east, while reducing ambitions for the Northern Powerhouse. A 'short-term' waiver of S106 requirements for most small sites could cut affordable housing delivery by up to 20%. A quarter of affordable housing delivered will ...
ATV's film of rural North Nottinghamshire from 1957 turned out to include scenes of child sacrifice in Sherwood Forest. There's nothing so dark here, but there is some industrial steam in Burton and a memorial to Dr Johnson in Uttoxeter, where the great man did penance in the market place. Click on the still above to view the film on the British Film Institute website.
