by Geoffrey | Feb 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
A mammoth tale for National Storytellers’ Week! A Mammoth Conflict is an incident from the draft of my forthcoming novel, The Stone Age Detective. mentioned in previous blogs. I will be posting a few short stories this week. Some have been posted before, some...
by Geoffrey | May 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
What insult are the police investigating? The insult,which someone aimed at Jess Phillips MP, is the the latest in a series from the same source. Some people have aimed threats as well as insults of the lowest kind at Diane Abbott, Luciana Berger and several others. I...
by Geoffrey | Mar 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
Schools have to teach the Core Curriculum That curriculum sets out the basic subjects the powers that be think all children should learn, including English, Maths and Science. Schools may teach other subjects if they can find the time and resources to do so. I...
by Geoffrey | Mar 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
Every nation has its mythology. I wrote recently about British and American mythology. I said some myths are harmless, but others do harm. Here are some more American myths that we need to correct, from the Wild West. The mythology of the gun There is a myth that the...
by Geoffrey | Mar 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
Every nation seems to have its historical myths. These myths are often about the formation of the nation or its fight for independence. I have enjoyed the recent series about American mythology presented by Lucy Worsley. The myths about the War of Independence were...
by Geoffrey | Feb 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
John McDonnell has called Winston Churchill ‘not a hero but a villain’. Isn’t Churchill our greatest national hero? How can John McDonnell, or anyone, say he’s a villain, not just overrated or not as great as some other hero? Why would anyone...
