Sporting Hero He’s a sporting hero is Travistock Hones Lives in glass houses and doesn’t throw stones He owns a yacht that is quite a boat It’s worth so much more than a ribboned coat He drives a Mercedes and shows it off well As he glories in the comfort of his sports cartel He’sContinue reading “One More Unsavoury Crew”
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Others
Hail Caesar Tin-pot Leader Now Tin-pot Caesar Was a smart geyser Destined to rule the land His methods were naughty While he was so haughty And decidedly underhand One of his tools Was the Roman schools Where teachers taught loyalty to him If they didn’t follow What told to swallow Their prospects would be simplyContinue reading “Others”
Rapscallions Still
Vote For Me Now I declare You have the chance To get me into power So listen well Here is my stance My plan at this witching hour I’m dedicated And very well able To make our country great So hurry now And vote for the fable Ere smart owls shut the gate Now IContinue reading “Rapscallions Still”
More Miscreants
Hermes Unmasked Kane helped to change the world, but Kane’s world now is history. From Orson Welles’ Film Citizen Kane So there you rule you fool Heir apparent to the whole world Potentate emperor sovereign monarch What’s in a name? Your media deeds whatever your name would be the same Those rags The things that youContinue reading “More Miscreants”
Where Rapscallions Dare To Tread
The Chosen One On hearing a speech in August 2020 Your prompting script will be enough None will dare to call your bluff So decorate your image with pretence Disguise each lie your sordid mind invents No half measures as you misinform And make deception now the ugly norm Then praise all innocents as ifContinue reading “Where Rapscallions Dare To Tread”
Doublespeak
George Orwell: Wikimedia Commons Recently I have been interested in the promotion by William D. Lutz of what he borrowed from George Orwell, DOUBLESPEAK. This involves words whose true significance is not what it seems to be. I have had some fun with my own examples. Here is my list of interpretations. indefinite detention gaolContinue reading “Doublespeak”
Yet More University Adventures
The Phoenix People performing in a TIE play: Imagination Can Set You Free: Nepean CAE in the 1970s Maybe you have seen my descriptions of earlier journeys into academia. This is an account of my studies for a third degree. Special memories. What a powerful influence on our lives the theatre has been. It isContinue reading “Yet More University Adventures”
Still More University Days And Nights
Another Continuation of My University Story I began my MEd studies the year after I graduated with my BA, 1968. In the meantime I moved from my position at Granville Boys High School to History Master at Dover Heights Girls High School. Geographically my new teaching position was relatively close to the University of NewContinue reading “Still More University Days And Nights”
More University Days and Nights
A Continuation Of The University Story My journey to self awareness continued in 1963. My previous post (located below this one on this site) tells the story of the first two years. I was feeling much more confident when my third university year began. I enrolled in English III and Education I. The latter wasContinue reading “More University Days and Nights”
University Days and Nights
I have three degrees and all my studies were free, apart from a few insignificant charges. Why is this so? It’s because I am 86 and belong to the Silent Generation. That placed me before the neocon John Sydney Dawkins put a hex on university learning. As Labor Education Minister 1987-91, he decided to makeContinue reading “University Days and Nights”
