Arts
Exam Season, Part 1
We have finally come to the end of exam season, 2026. The time of year looked forward to and feared by school kids at the same time whereas the teachers will need to make sure [more…]
Education
Arts
Rday – An Icarus who soared to close to the Truth
I had two immediate reactions to the news of Jason Arday’s apparent suicide. The first was sadness, especially for his two children, wife, and parents. The second was to start a countdown to when the [more…]
Arts
Down on the Farm. 1977-1982 – Sheep, Crops and the Dam
A second piece about activities on the school farm. As I’ve said in the last piece the place was a massive source of entertainment for teenage boys. Let’s get down to details though. Sheep The [more…]
Arts
Reading – A Love Story: The University Years 1983-1985
Leaving school is a very big change in life. Some go off to employment of various kinds – perhaps learn a trade or do a qualification to enhance life prospects. I was always destined for [more…]
Democracy
An Alliance of Arrogance
“I was in Alliance” is a euphemism for the hollow ethos of a certain “old school” elite that is totally disconnected from everyday Kenyan society. May 13, 2026 In April of 1963, with Kenya in [more…]
Arts
Down on the Farm. 1977-1982 – Chickens and Cows
I took the reading appellation off this piece as it’s not really about that but about a particular aspect of my high school education. The school I went to can be described as brutally academic. [more…]
Arts
Reading – A Love Story: I Won’t Back Down 1975-76
Emigrating to Australia was a very big deal indeed. I hadn’t been further than places like Land’s End, Pembroke and New Brighton – certainly not out of the UK. The last few weeks were a [more…]
Arts
Amended & updated notes from 1983 – an RMA (War Games) lecture
SITREP : The massive airstrikes by Israel and the United States on Iran were not entirely unexpected. Strike forces had been building up in the Persian Gulf for months. Iranian-American negotiations had stalled and offered [more…]
Arts
Reading – A Love Story: Into the Great Wide Open 1977-1982
I started high school in early 1977. A very different place. You went from being a 12 year old at the top of the food chain to some insignificant squit. There were people with pubic [more…]