The Poor
Here’s an interesting piece on poor people and the middle classes. Originally published in 1963, it seems strikingly similar to the way conservative politicians (small “c”) on both sides of the...
View ArticleThe Prequel to my Thesis
When I was first thinking about what to do for my PhD, I was told about Canadian historian Jameel Hampton. Dr. Hampton was working on a PhD project involving the Disablement Income Group (one of the...
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Dominic Sandbrook and questionable history – the sixties and the Daily Mail
Reading the Daily Mail can, obviously, be bad for one’s health. But recently I was directed to a piece by a Conservative-supporting Facebook friend of mine condemning the legacy of Labour in the 1960s....
View ArticleBeyond the Barriers – New Spartacus Report
The Spartacus group, which produced Responsible Reform, has just published its latest report on the Employment and Support Allowance. Beyond the Barriers has taken evidence from around Europe, the...
View ArticleWhat is history?
E.H. Carr covered this a while back. So there’s no need for an extended essay. However, The Internet linked me to an interesting piece in New York about the perils of predicting how the present will...
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1987 – Star Trek: The Next Generation
29 May 1987 – Los Angeles I grew up with Star Trek. Between 1987 and 2005, a new series1 of the franchise aired on US television, and so I watched quite a bit of it during my primary and secondary...
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1990 – The Release of Nelson Mandela
11 February 1990 – Paarl Writing about Mandela is incredibly difficult. Partly, it’s because so much has been said already. He is almost universally held up as a force for good, a freedom fighter who...
View Article2003 – The Iraq War Protests
15 February 2015 – Various Despite the numbers, the war went ahead anyway. The images over the following years became almost as iconic as those of the millions marching through London and other cities....
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