When 'The Last of England'?

http://www.bmagic.org.uk/objects/1891P24 - will reveal a snap of Ford Maddox Ford's famous study of four people leaving hideous 'Blighty' for a brave new world

It has only recently been revealed that what the transportees are looking so sick about is that, not only have they just won the Lottery but 'English' graduates might be expected to have some aquaintance with the same bible read by the authors they quote with haphazard dreary tedium

Paedophilia and War endemic?

With revelations of international relief agencies apparently engaging in institutionalised sex-crimes following the on-going situation 'de la Garenne'; should we not insist on any government being forced to acknowledge that pedo-dementia, like war, be-ing a pre-human characteristic, must be expected, rather than being seen as a deviation from the norm which always comes as a dreary surprise

'Oi' fed to Julia's cat (1975)

Nobody tells me nuffin' - so anyway, after a strenuous wrestling with translating the Young Hegelian's, I opened the tin of a (rather good) cat's meat, and fed it to Smoggy; greyist of all felines of Ulster, Prince of Muswell Hill, and above all 'here first'.

Smoggy always enjoyed the brand: he was a delicate eater and always licked his paws afterward. In fact the brand was that good, and rich in tuna, I often thought of mixing it up with a bit of mayo...

Social Housing

Spot-light on Ernie Kump - Good Architect of Grosvenor Gdns

Ernie's situation - population expanding faster than traditional building techniques could cope with

Ernies solution - a mass produced 'pod' based assembly; designed for each situation

'Social Housing' is a major concern of mine; the 'Big Issue', indeed, but traditional approaches to this situation need to be re-examined in the light of massively changed situations, and I hope that we may be able to play a part in stimulating this process

Industrial Democracy is less than enthralling, apparently; screaming and shouting in the street is far more appealing, though less than popular amonst the population as a whole.

Any form of intellectual effort seems to be held in contempt; as a conceptual framework is a prerequisite for any effective practical 'work', the workers prove themselves to be our own worst enemies

In an attempt to remedy this situation I am hoping to stimulate a discussion involving, among others, the following texts;-

(more English interests)

George Orwell - 'The Lion and the Unicorn'

Walter Bagehot - 'The English Constitution'

(general)

Kate Millet - 'Sexual Politics'

Martin Luther on the Athanasian Creed (the essence of the Reformation)

Friedrich Neitzche on Luther's translation of the Bible

Friedrich von Spee SJ - 'Cautio Criminalis' (finally brought the European witch panic to an end)

No 1 - Industrial Democracy

This is my first posting

I am male, late 50's, living in the Industrial West Midlands, UK

My interests are both local and general, and centre around the need to foster an industrial democracy