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" The East India Company remains today history's most ominous warning about the potential for the abuse of corporate power - and the insidious means by which the interests of shareholders can seemingly become those of the state."* The Anarchy, The Relentless Rise of the East India Company, is a part of William Dalrymple's quartet of history books about the British in India. This reads like an…
Crisps by Getdown Services This track from their first album Crisps, is still on my morning shower playlist. Getdown Services music, is hewn with authenticity, which largely comes from Josh Law, the main songwriter and production ideas man. Though the ethos of this junk food obsessed band, is a collective one, shared between Law and his best mate Ben Sadler. As friends from childhood, there is…
Philip Goff is a philosophy Professor at Durham University, specialising particularly in mind and consciousness. Becoming more widely known in recent years as a proponent of Panpsychism, which, put simply, is the belief that everything in the universe is conscious. This book explores ideas that underpin Panpsychism, concerning the origins and nature of consciousness. And argues by the end of it…
The one of the six churches in The Burnhams, this is most likely the one with the oldest surviving structures. Dedicated to two female saints St Margaret of Antioch and St Margaret of Scotland, it's an extremely well maintained church, with an ornate galvanised metal modern gate. The original site of Burnham Norton village was most likely between the church and the friary, as the present day…
Al created a beautiful but unusual word suggestion recently - I typed out the phrase ' not a God per se' which AI instantly changed to ' not a God jersey'. I love the idea of a 'God jersey.' Jasia Reichardt once said that 'one thing foreigners, computers and poets have in common is that they make unexpected linguistic associations'. So maybe embrace the creative possibilities AI random word…
Great Walsingham, is Little Walsingham's close cousin, a mile or so up the road. A cluster of picturesque houses, a ford, and in the centre an old Methodist Chapel converted into an Orthodox Church. The old chapel was purchased in 1986 and has become over time what you see today. . Externally the church architecture is very standard late Victorian non conformist style. Not very flashy, with echoes…
Since last month's My Own Walking blog post, I've had further thoughts on the metaphorical import of seeing a three legged dog running down a street. Having stated that I felt that it gave form to how I felt about Buddhism, as essential lacking a fourth leg. This statement has since then, not felt quite on the real money. Running the risk of dragging things further into the metaphorical woods of…
Tone by Arto Lindsay This summer it has definitely been the season for Arto Lyndsay. Exploring the 'bossa nova period' in his back catalogue has been quite a constant. And with every week the algorithm on You Tube throws me some new musical morsels to try and chew on and ravenously gorge. Hence how I hit upon this sparky gem called Tone, from his 1999 album Prize. The parameters stay pretty much…
The Odyssey - Trailer I doubt I need to fully recount the tale of The Odyssey that is set immediately after the destruction of Troy,. Other than to say, this is the original fantasy source for all protracted and impeded return journey stories, from Lord of The Rings to Lost In Space. The Odyssey was an important development in Western literature. Both The Illiad and The Odyssey are not verbatim…
My purpose in writing this Protest & Progress blog post, is to explore for myself the history of English Protest Movements. What effect they had, and the changes they may ( or may not ) have instigated. Today, it's the period before, during and after the Civil Wars. The middling compromise that Elizabeth 1st's religious settlement of 1559 made, between old and new religious traditions,…
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