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Presumed Consent

9th January 2018 Going Postal 2,493

At the Conservative Party Conference in October 2017, PM Theresa May pledged to introduce a system of presumed consent for organ donation in England. A similar opt-out system has existed in Wales since 1st December [more…]

The Agentic State

15th October 2017 Going Postal 0

A few weeks ago someone on GP (sorry can’t remember who it was) mentioned that Experimenter, a 2015 film about social psychologist Stanley Milgram, was on Film 4, later that night. I recorded it and [more…]

The Nuremberg Raid – Part One, The Target for Tonight

24th February 2017 0

The Target Just before 0900 on the morning of the 30th March 1944, one of the most controversial military commanders of WW2 walked down the steps to his underground headquarters. The bunker was concealed in [more...]
I ain’t paying for a film either, part two

2nd September 2017 0

As a miserable sod who hates parting with money and with plenty of time on my hands I thought I’d go through the Net and look for short alt films, funded on a shoe string, [more...]
Water

18th March 2017 0

After my divorces I was homeless, after the last one I travelled about. There is a freedom about being homeless but you need money to pay for petrol. Anyway somebody said I could stay in [more...]
The History of Pop Music – 1980

5th April 2019 0

Featured song: Blondie – Call me This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 when they stopped making it. One [more...]
Postcard from Lille, Part 8

9th March 2019 0

I’ve settled myself down in modest but adequate lodgings in Istanbul and get into the habit of a daily stroll just after sun down. It’s a five minute walk down to the Bosphorus where a [more...]