Arts
Sailing my life away, part 18
A SUMMER BREAK I am now away from home for about six weeks and have suspended for this issue a continuation of the story of Alchemi’s 1997 Voyage covering the leg from Oslo to Bergen. [more…]
Education
Arts
Mobile Phones in Schools, Friend or Foe?
So the utterly lacklustre Education Minister , Gavin Williamson a man with a personality that could challenge that of a stone and lose, has decided to ban mobile phones in schools. Well, I suppose you [more…]
America
An Antidote to Political Correctness in Schools – WALK!
We’ve all heard about the newest insult to our lives and our children. I refer, of course, to the growing adoption of “Critical Race Theory” as part of public school curriculum. Why should we be [more…]
20th Century
History ‘O’ Level Project
Back in 1980 I was in the last year of my ‘O’ levels , one of which was History, part of the syllabus was to write a project on one of a variety of topics. [more…]
Arts
Cnuteneering, Part Seven
Welcome back to Cnuteneering, where the possible is made more difficult by bone headed ignorance, overenthusiasm and pointy metal things being brought at speed close to my fingers. You may want to refresh your memory [more…]
Arts
Cnuteneering, Part Six
Welcome back to Cnuteneering, where the possible is made more difficult by bone headed ignorance, overenthusiasm and pointy metal things being brought together. You may want to refresh your memory on the project in: Part [more…]
20th Century
Ecclesiastes
“Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.” Ecclesiastes- 7:10 When we arrived in London in the early 1960’s, I was put [more…]
Arts
My Apprenticeship, Part Two
Part one went through the first two years of my drawing office apprenticeship with Babcock and Wilcox Ltd. During the second year, Babcock and Wilcox Ltd became Babcock and Wilcox (Operations) Limited. The first of [more…]
Arts
My Apprenticeship, Part One
I hated school, but I enjoyed technical drawing. One reason was that I got it from the very first day. For some reason, I could visualise in 3D those flat drawings. I guess my brain [more…]