As a fat, visually disabled queer femme person, there's lots of reasons for people to yell/spit at me. None legitimate, of course, but plenty of reasons. I usually get someone maybe monthly, but in the last week I have: had someone deliberately run into me then spit at me while calling me a "bent cripple" Had multiple honks, most telling me to smile, and when I flipped one off he decided to yell "fat bastard" until the traffic began moving Had several leering men on buses, including one who sat close and kept moving his hand to my thigh Granted, ...
To share some of the stuff I write. And I write to get it out of my head and so keep me (mostly) sane.
This great 1966 single is a Pete Townsend song, originally recorded by The Who and to be found on the B-side of Substitute. And it's produced by Jimmy Page. Les Fleurs De Lys originated in Southampton, issued several singles but never recorded an album. They had an ever-shifting membership, which an article on Add Some Music to Your Day does its best to catalogue. Two people playing on Circles are of particular interest. The guitarist Phil Sawyer joined the Spencer Davis Group after the Winwood brothers left, though he didn't stay with them long. And Pete Sears, who played both ...
[IMG: Ian Jenkins at pro EU street stall] The passing of Ian Jenkins peacefully in his 85th year was a huge blow to many people who had the privilege of knowing Ian and the very special man he was. Raised on the isle of Bute and having graduated from Glasgow University with an MA, Ian decided to enter the teaching profession. He progressed in that until, in 1970, he was appointed Principal Teacher of English at Peebles High School. His wife, Midge, also took up a teaching appointment there and they moved to Peebles. Ian knew much more than most ...
With thanks to George Smith and Dundee Memories, a great old photograph of South Tay Street, with the West Port to the right.
I remember that when the now defunct West Glamorgan County Council opened its brand spanking-new headquarter building in 1981, the then chief executive became so pissed off with the South Wales Evening Post and its reporting style, that he tried to ban copies of the paper from the building altogether. Needless to say, he didn't try to go so far as to prevent county councillors talking to the publication altogether. Reform councillors on Nottingham County Council have no such qualms. As the Guardian reports, the editor of the Nottingham Post has accused the council's Reform leader's decision to ban his ...
