Have been away otherwise would have commented sooner on the £250,000 FOR SLAVERY COMMISSION story!
This is just a quickie response. More substantial ones to follow.
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Archive for January, 2008
Dirty Laundry – Part 3 (Abolition 2007/2008….)
Posted in 2007, Africa, Bristol, abolition, dirty laundry, education, maafa, multiculturalism, slave trade, slavery on January 10, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Census in Bristol of city’s Muslims
Posted in Bristol, tagged Islam on January 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Is it April 1st?
News is spreading of a mini-census to take place in Bristol that hopes to capture details every Muslim that lives within these fair gates.
If I was one of Bristol’s Muslims reading this news today I’d be stocking up on all the tinned food possible and living in my wardrobe for the next year until the [...]
Who the Hell is Edward Colston?
Posted in Africa, Bristol, abolition, multiculturalism, slave trade, slavery, tagged animation, benifactors, Bristol, civic memorial, Edward Colston, hell, merchant venturers, plantation owners, slave trade, slavers, slavery, statue on January 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
A new optimism in Bristol for the New Year! (unfortunately not in Eduication!)
Posted in Bristol, education, tagged education, Bristol, chewing gum, 'Chewing Gum Action Group, statistics, boffins, league tables on January 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Going ever so slightly ‘off-message’, this post has nothing whatsoever to do with race, culture, politics or education.
I was seduced by a fascinating and quite frankly bonkers statistic and just had to share it. But rather than just give you the naked statistic, I’ll give you the whole sentence.
“The amount of chewing gum being spat on to Bristol’s [...]
It’s that time of year again. 1984!
Posted in media, tagged Big Brother, Celebrity Big Brother, Channel 4, Danialla Lloyd, Emily Parr, Endemol, Jade Goody, race row, Shilpa Shetty on January 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sorry Mr Orwell. Time to spin in your grave again!
What “delights” will Celebrity Big Brother (or Big Brother Celebrity Hijack – or whatever the bloody hell it’s now called!) have in store for us this time I wonder?
The first race row was ’Poppadomgate‘ courtesy of the intellectual tro that is Jade Goody, Daniella Lloyd and Jo O’mara, (or whatever [...]
New Year Honours list (revisted)
Posted in Politics, tagged Benjamin Zephaniah, British Commonwealth, British Empire, Commonwealth of Nations, David Bowie, Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, JGBallard, John Lennon, Kenneth Branagh, LS Lowry, New Year Honours list, Nigella Lawson, Queen Elizabeth, Roald Dahl, the Queen, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown on January 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m fully aware that the previous New Year Honours list post could have been written more critically with regards the honours system, etc, but quite frankly I wasn’t in the mood as I saw the opportunity to build up before I tore down. Tearing down first isn’t always helpful and can be just whinging.
Of course to [...]
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