themes

history

A little bit of legend

From 1996 though until 1998 I attended Hills Road Sixth Form College in Cambridge.  During that time I studied for five A-levels, took 4 A-levels, learnt how to party, partied, and plotted a legendary prank.
We were inspired by some Cambridge engineering students who had, the story went, placed a car on top of a university [...]

G20

Never before have I ventured on a protest march or rally but to this one I did.  On Saturday I joined another 35,000 people and marched from Parliament Square to Hyde Park on the Put People First march for Jobs, Justice and Climate ahead of the G20 summit in London this week.

It’s not that I [...]

the escape

darkness envelops me
through the murkiness i see the tomb shrinking
can feel the rain growing heavy
a thunderstorm rumbling in the distance
the volcano threatens with fore tremors of doom
i try to shout, i try to tell
it seems my news is unwanted
others despair and find their shelter on the ground
we urgently need food and fire
yet our number dwindles
the [...]

Politics and faith

Barrack Obama is not God, or Jesus.  He might well be one of the many prophets of our time though.
What’s a prophet though?  Someone who can speak profound truth about the state of the world and warn against what will happen if something is not done (as opposed to the common mis-conception of someone who [...]

Advices and Queries 33

I have never been an enthuastic proponent of social justice.  I suspect this is because I’m fundamentally selfish and honest about it.  (I’d also like to play the growing up in a house of Tearcraft sales - although this is obviously a cop out!)   However I was both slightly amused and frustrated by the [...]