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I saw a photograph in a newspaper of men in a demonstration taken in the 1920s. Without exception, they all appeared rather slim. I decided to lose 10% body weight. A small expression of solidarity. …

I saw a photograph of men in the 1920’s. I decided to lose 10% body weight.Read More »

Ofsted (Office for Standards in Education and Children’s Services) send inspectors to child day care centres, state schools, independent schools and teacher training colleges throughout England. Ofsted “inspects and regulates” child care centres and schools for the government. …

Is Ofsted the school bully?Read More »

Our churches in Britain are empty or virtually empty except  for the Sunday morning service, the odd wedding and baptism. There is an ageing population of church goers.

The average age of church attendance for the Church of England is 50 years plus with an average of around 60 citizens attending a Sunday service. Around 5% of the population go to one of the 50,600 churches in the UK. Church attendance has slumped by 25% in the past 15 years. …

It is time to open the doors of the churches to the local communityRead More »

I  hear regularly enough from animal eaters that they need their protein. “I can’t do without my meat,” is a typical, unexamined one liner. …

A spoon of spirulina, not knife and fork into a cooked animal or birdRead More »

The quiet revolution continues in Totnes, Devon, a small rural town in the west country of England.  I returned in late February from five weeks in India. Upon returning home, I picked up some of the flyers around the town.  Without wishing to  give the town any kind of special self-existence, Totnes continues to be willing to embark on various journeys of transition and change.   …

A quiet revolution of values continues in Totnes, England….Read More »