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Treating pedestrians like cattle in Brighton

jonesxxx wrote 10 hours ago: Western Road and North Street They’ve been rejigging the road where Western Road meets North S … more →

Tags: Brighton, Politics, bloody railings, cattle, churchill square, Crossings, fence in pedestrians, North Street, pedestrian crossing

Is there a point ….2 comments

Tony wrote 2 days ago:    I have begun to question the relevance of this blog. I started it on here with good int … more →

Tags: Deep and meaningful ... not a jot, Blog, Bread, Diary, Google, Microsoft, Theme, WordPress

Revolutionary Road Parable

Dave Fagg wrote 3 days ago: A comfortable viewing experience Revolutionary Road is not. Though set in the 1950s, the skewering o … more →

Tags: cowardice, Dreams, Family, Parable

Governments' shame over child migrants finally acknowledged

Alan-a-dale wrote 6 days ago: I’d like to offer my congratulations (together, I’m sure, with those from many people ar … more →

Tags: Nottinghamshire, Australia, Child Migrants Trust, gordon brown, Margaret Humphreys, Nottinghamshire County Council, UK

The trouble with Mr. Morley

jonesxxx wrote 1 week ago: Disheveled or Contrived? I arrived home this evening and switched on the box to see the Newsnight cu … more →

Tags: Thoughts, Paul Morley, unshaven, unshaven face, Dishevelment, The trouble with Paul Morley, dishevelled, grow a beard

The Missionary Virtue of Noticing People

Dave Fagg wrote 1 week ago: I take some local young guys on outdoor trips as a way of opening up their lives to new experiences … more →

Tags: mission, Youth & Community Work, compassion, Youth

Tax and spin - The New Labour doctrine

jonesxxx wrote 1 week ago: This evening on the TV I saw an advert exhorting me to reduce my driving by 5 miles a day to cut car … more →

Tags: Environment, Politics, Bollocks, Economics, Labour, New Labour, TV, talking bollocks, Tax

Khatta Meetha altered on Akki's insistence

fenilseta wrote 1 week ago: On Akshay Kumar’s insistence, Priyadarshan’s next comedy Khatta Meetha gets a gritty tou … more →

Tags: Bollywood News, Subhash K. Jha, Fenil, Bollywood, mumbai mirror, Akshay Kumar, Makrand Deshpande, priyadarshan, murder

Catalyst for change or artistic apartheid?

Alan-a-dale wrote 1 week ago: The New Art Exchange in Hyson Green has recently won another award, scooping a design ‘oscar … more →

Tags: Culture, Nottingham, apartheid, Art, Arts Council, Greater Nottingham Partnership, Hyson Green, New Art Exchange, New Deal for Communities

Is Hastings an option?

jonesxxx wrote 1 week ago: Yesterday I drove over to Hastings stopping off at Bexhill on the way. The gossip in Brighton is oft … more →

Tags: Architecture, Brighton, Thoughts, Travel, A City, a village, “When I was in Aden”, “When I was in Bahrain”, Big City

Halloween

jonesxxx wrote 2 weeks ago: Halloween in the UK seems to be growing in popularity. A fancy dress shop in Brighton seemed to be d … more →

Tags: Brighton, Commerce, Fancy Dress, Festivals, Halloween, popularity, revamp fancy dress

What Has He Got In His Pocketses?

jonesxxx wrote 3 weeks ago: Mobile phones, electronic keys, credit cards, debits card. We were told that all these things would … more →

Tags: technology, Thoughts, Freedom, mobile phones, electronic keys, Credit Cards, debits card, Easy Life, Keys

iPhone Language Translator

jonesxxx wrote 3 weeks ago: Looks like the future is coming fast: … more →

Tags: Science, technology, The Future, Tourism, Travel, automatic language translation, Automatic Translation, iPhone, Jibbigo

Bun Fight - Question Time with Nick Griffin1 comment

jonesxxx wrote 3 weeks ago: Ill Informed Ranting I listened to Any Questions last week with the BNP leader Nick Griffin. I … more →

Tags: Politics, Bollocks, News, racism, talking bollocks, any questions, BNP, Hypocrisy, Hypocrites

Visions of the future

jonesxxx wrote 3 weeks ago: At least it doesn't tell me what to do I was listening to a program on Radio 4 today at around 5 … more →

Tags: Comerce, Design, Politics, Science, technology, The Future, Competition, corporate capital, democracy

From Generation unto Generation

hkmm1945 wrote 1 month ago: Old man, young man, Locked in war: Past hope of peace, Evermore. Kill the man, give The child his wa … more →

Tags: History, Poetry

I've Got a Secret - Be Careful What You Wish For2 comments

honjii wrote 1 month ago: When would NOW be the time to once and for all enjoy total abundance and true wealth financial, rela … more →

Tags: Beliefs, I'm just saying..., ripoffs, stupidity, Gullibility, James Arthur Ray, sweat lodge deaths, sweat lodges, The Secret

Leaders Love Power - Don't give it to them

jonesxxx wrote 1 month ago: Continuing on from my musings on narrative, identity and myth I often think that the British version … more →

Tags: Politics, British Empire, WW2, World War 2, Second World War, corruption, The European Union, Myth, mythology

"Hey Hey" This is Political Correctness Gone Mad !!5 comments

dlt020971 wrote 1 month ago: I’ve never been so perplexed about an issue as I am about the fuss being made about the Jackson skit … more →

Tags: Media Comment, hey hey it's saturday, harry connick jr., fast forward, Saturday Night Live, Hey Hey Reunion. Racist, Skit, Political Correctness, Simpsons


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