If I ever get around to writing my auto-biography, not that anyone would be interested in my life, ‘The Road to Wooden Gate Junction’ would be a great title. It sounds exotic, it tells of a journey to unknown places and it leaves the reader enthralled at the prospect of going there with me. Until … Continue reading The Road to Wooden Gate Junction
A month in lockdown – Z is for zoom
The A-Z blogging challenge is quite straightforward, blog everyday in April, except Sundays, with subjects that follow the alphabet. It’s all a bit of fun. My subject is ‘A month in lock down’. Z is for Zoom, the online meeting platform. Although others are available and more established, for some reason Zoom has become the … Continue reading A month in lockdown – Z is for zoom
A month in lockdown – Y is for yearning
The A-Z blogging challenge is quite straightforward, blog everyday in April, except Sundays, with subjects that follow the alphabet. It’s all a bit of fun. My subject is ‘A month in lock down’. Y is for yearning, for all those things I miss from before we were in lockdown. Here are twenty of them in … Continue reading A month in lockdown – Y is for yearning
A month in lockdown – X is for xenophobia
The A-Z blogging challenge is quite straightforward, blog everyday in April, except Sundays, with subjects that follow the alphabet. It’s all a bit of fun. My subject is ‘A month in lock down’. X is for xenophobia, the fear of foreigners. Be in no doubt, COVID-19 is someone's fault, or so our media and certain … Continue reading A month in lockdown – X is for xenophobia
A month in lockdown – W is for world
The A-Z blogging challenge is quite straightforward, blog everyday in April, except Sundays, with subjects that follow the alphabet. It’s all a bit of fun. My subject is ‘A month in lock down’. W is for world, you know, the place where we live. We humans are arrogant in that we think the world revolves … Continue reading A month in lockdown – W is for world
A month in lockdown – V is for vaccine
The A-Z blogging challenge is quite straightforward, blog everyday in April, except Sundays, with subjects that follow the alphabet. It’s all a bit of fun. My subject is ‘A month in lock down’. V is for vaccine, our greatest hope in overcoming COVID-19. Finding an effective vaccine would provide the level of immunity that the … Continue reading A month in lockdown – V is for vaccine
A month in lockdown – U is for underreporting
The A-Z blogging challenge is quite straightforward, blog everyday in April, except Sundays, with subjects that follow the alphabet. It’s all a bit of fun. My subject is ‘A month in lock down’. U is for underreporting. Every day the latest grisly figures are announced showing the number of people falling ill with COVID-19 or … Continue reading A month in lockdown – U is for underreporting
Votes that count
A couple of months ago, in less troubled times, I wrote a blog proposing an alternative voting system for the UK. It is a form of proportional representation yet holds a strong element of the first past the post system (FPTP) which at least gives a degree of local political representation. I wrote the article … Continue reading Votes that count
A month in lockdown – T is for time
The A-Z blogging challenge is quite straightforward, blog everyday in April, except Sundays, with subjects that follow the alphabet. It’s all a bit of fun. My subject is ‘A month in lock down’. T is for time, something that can hang heavy during the day when you are locked in. Sunny days are better, when … Continue reading A month in lockdown – T is for time
A month in lockdown – S is for shopping
The A-Z blogging challenge is quite straightforward, blog everyday in April, except Sundays, with subjects that follow the alphabet. It’s all a bit of fun. My subject is ‘A month in lock down’. S is for shopping, the greatest leisure activity of modern times. It is amazing how much time we used to spend browsing … Continue reading A month in lockdown – S is for shopping
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 