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Labour Conference, Gordon Brown and New Politics
13 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... Oh yes I was there and I thought it his best speech yet, but maybe 12months too late. the films, the build up, the being tough yet fair, caring yet sensible, passionate yet meaasured, was great. It certainly lifted me and will send me back to my... »
How to get a close and smooth shave
85 views (1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ... And here I mean one with no nicks, cuts or sore spots guys…..And let me tell you you get what you pay for so if you buy a cheap razor whether blade or electric or as we will see, both; you wil get a... »
Parliamentary expenses and the blame game
36 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... Norman Baker started it and perhaps he’ll finish it as it is revealeded he charged the tax payer £20,000 for an office in his own home. The lack of integrity is incredible amongst UK MPs, they all cry the letter of the law and ignore the spirit of the... »
The credit crunch – who’s to blame?
192 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... The idea of this article is to explain the credit crunch run a few things by you as everyone wants to look round and blame someone, even if sometimes its a little looking in the mirror….and taking responsibility. So lets look at the front runners: 1. Gordon Brown, or... »
5 truths about the internet
40 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... In Kurt Vonneguts Cats Cradle, I am sure it begins with something like…everything I am about to tell you is a lie. So they say the shops are taking a hammering because of the internet, well maybe like overpriced CDs that were hammered by iTunes its about time the... »
Birth and Babies – Pressures on your relationship
11 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... Most people will tell you having a baby draws you closer together, because it is a wonderful and miraculous thing. It involves a special shared intimacy and care both for the baby and your partner. However pregnancy, birth and the babies early months can put a lot of... »
Moved
8 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... I have just moved, bought a house with the new woman life, the old one having gone off with a work colleague (hers not mine), i think it was coz I found myself married to the internet… So now divorced on amiable terms most of the time with the... »
Sell or share (against the ‘Boot Fair’)
11 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... so I am moving house to the most beautiful place and with my new partner, so it is a great opportunity and the beginning of a new adventure. In the Packing and clearing up I realised i had a lot of things I did not realy need anymore, but... »
Global Capital and the Global elite are robbing us blind
13 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... I wasn’t really sure about what to call this, but hell am I becoming a Communist… I am grappling with an understanding of why ordinary people and the social support netowrks they have built up are being slowly eroded and how the network of global capital is taking... »
Class and Society
10 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... Around 43% of people in the UK now think of themselves as middle class, but what does this mean, when in a European wide survey about social responsibility, 60% of people in UK, when asked if they would intervene if they saw 14year olds vandalising a bus stop,... »
Fish Pie
15 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... I used to love this recipe when I was a kid and made it from memory at the weekend so I thought I would write it up before i forget again: It is a lovely meal, easy to make (and eat) and is a great winter warmer OR a... »
What are the major issues you want sorted
4 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... As politics is in the air, I wanted to ask what you think the most important issue or issues facing the new UK government, why I’d like to know your opinion. Very often we are told by the media what the issues are; or our MP tells us... »
We need to do something about government…
9 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... The last week has seen the UK government under increased attack from it opponents and it has tended to look rather shabby and corrupt in the press, but more and more I am wondering how much is true and are these matters for which Ministers should resign? Lets take... »
Write off World Debt, End Poverty
8 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... Write off world debt interest payments wow, Indonesia owes 57billion dollars, each year pays 3 billion dollars in interest alone, and now since this disaster struck they are talking of wiping out the interest payments on their debt if promises can be made and fullfilled that the money will... »
Home Grown Fruit and Veg
7 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... The other day I picked 5 lone (but large) cherries from the tree in my front garden. I had spent the evening, reading on a chair in the sun and suddenly saw that this miniature cherry had these beautiful looking fruit. They were unlike anything I had ever tasted,... »
My Son was called Alan Shearer and Other Insults
12 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... i was going to write a long and lenthy article about the allure of the mature and how all this being young is the only cool age has gone to far, but then lost the article, so I though I’d give a quick update, on being too hot,... »
Girl with a one track mind
3 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... I really like what i read on this blog,(even though it does become a bit tedious) not because in some way it was titillating, but I have realised that I like people who are open about their sex and sexuality, that can talk about it as well as... »
Gods Golden Acre – Heather Reynolds
14 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... I have been pondering on the Michael Jackson story for some time, and then I heard the story of heather reynolds and it created for me a stark contrast between one persons attitude to children (funfairs monkeys, buying parentage, and so on) and anothers (giving, helping, caring inorder... »
Charity and the expectation of giving
11 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... Charity, Giving and Deserving I have always struggled with the idea of ‘the deserving poor’ a term and an attitude i do not like, but what can we give, and what do we deserve. Ever had the hand stretched out to you ‘50p for a cuppa tea’ or seen the... »
What makes someone spiritual?
12 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... I find this an interesting question, for which I have no answer —– »
My MIT Survey
5 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... So I got an email from MIT, asking about my blog, and would I join in with some research they were doing, well the questionaire made me think…what you may ask About Alienation…. alienation“ refers to the individual’s estrangement from traditional community and others in general. It is considered by... »
Recommended books…support
5 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... Support Jonathan by ordering your books from amazon through the links, yep I know I am begging again, but everyone offering a site on the web needs a little support sometimes, whether it is a paypal donation or a clcik on the links on their site it all... »
Information about Quakers
5 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... Information about Quakers Some of you have been asking about this…. FAQS about Quakers More about Quakers Quaker Views on Religious and other practice That ought to get you started…however I would remind you that Quakers in the UK , DO NOT evangelise or seek to convert anyone, we are a peaceful people... »
Little Gidding – T.S. Eliot
13 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... Little Gidding is one of the most pwerful and spirtual poetic works of the twentieth century, its lines are dense with meaning and it needs a number of readings. Its englishness and its ordinaryness actually appear to elevate the spirit and feeling of the poem…read it and read... »
Blurring the boundaries between Public and Private
7 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... I sat next to a guy, on the train, working on his laptop and glanced at the screen, it was immediately obvious he was writing up a psychological profile, of someone, (oh yes the name was clearly visible) and he scowled at me when he saw me looking. ... »
What Can I Do
7 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... Wake up and take power I have recently been reading and watching Michael Moore ( Bowling for Columbine, Stupid White Men )a lot, I know he has his own agenda but much of what he says makes sense. Its no use complaining about things, about the lies of politicians... »
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(5.00 out of 5) - To Be a Slave of Intensity – Kabir (5.00 out of 5)
- Kindness – Naomi Shihab Nye (5.00 out of 5)
- Contact Jonathan (5.00 out of 5)
- Jonathan Spencer’s Recipe for Peppermint Creams (5.00 out of 5)
- How to get a close and smooth shave (5.00 out of 5)
- Bespoke suit from Raja Fashions – Don’t do it (5.00 out of 5)
- Unhealthy London Underground (5.00 out of 5)
- The Story of The Islanders (5.00 out of 5)
- Castle Boterel – Thomas Hardy (5.00 out of 5)