HOW TO CONFUSE A CROWD

Did you ever hear the one about the Scotsman, the 15 Englishmen, the two Irishmen and the 2,500 Italians? When I was in Italy I went to an Italy V England rugby match. It was the ‘B’ teams of both countries so it was a relatively low-key affair. It was still reasonably well-attended though, and [...]

NEPAL PHOTOS – Part 4

Some more photos from that trip. Click on the picture for full size. The Nepalis are very nice people, this was written just outside of the front door of where we were volunteering. welcome to nepal This was a festival in Durbar Square in Kathmandu. I can’t exactly remember but I think it was called [...]

OBVIOUS

I can’t remember exactly where I got this picture from but I have often used it in lessons… What a giveaway?!

IT’S HOT

Time for the hot weather music…

MINCIA! MOUSE MONOPOLY

This documentary does an excellent job of explaining why the morality in Disney is absolutely not something we should be teaching children. The first part is below and the other 4 parts are on the ‘read more of this entry’ part… Mickey Mouse Monopoly

GETTING THERE IN THE END

Ok, so they weren’t quick but they got there in the end. The TV regulators have finally came out and said that the ‘Documentary’ the ‘Great Global Warming Swindle’ was not up to scratch. In fact, they said a lot more than that but in language that wasn’t quite as direct as it might have been. [...]

LAZY JOURNALISM OR FINGER-POINTING

Did you notice that there wasn’t a question mark next to the title? You decide, it is one or the other. I have a BBC section on this site. That organisation fascinates me in that some of its output is wonderful, particularly in the field of nature documentaries. However, a lot of its political content [...]

YOU WON’T FIND THIS IN THE DAILY MAIL

John Pilgers latest article tells some harsh truths… The military has created a wall of silence around its frequent resort to barbaric practices, including torture, and goes out of its way to avoid legal scrutiny. Five photographs together break a silence. The first is of a former Gurkha regimental sergeant major, Tul Bahadur Pun, aged [...]

INDICATIONS

There is quite a good podcast on the BBC at the moment you can listen to regarding the fungus that is wiping out so many amphbians around the world. It explains the issues quite well. You can download it here.

THE SUNDAY SESSION

Great song here with some very strong lyrics but I couldn’t find them on the internet and I don’t have time to type them out so you will just have to listen… Ain’t There Something That Money Can’t Buy – Young-Holt Unlimited…