Boudicca is here!
Britain will vanish under a sea of blood. Cities will burn. The moon will be shattered by the screams of the dying. Yes, my first graphic novel is here. Boudicca,…
The Death Of Guy Fawkes
The Death Of Guy Fawkes Guy Fawkes, 1605, plotted to blow up Parliament - his reasons were religious or something - he was Catholic - or Protestant - malcontent –…
General Officers Of The Great War by John Singer Sargent
Some Officers Of The Great War
My notes on a John Singer Sargent painting at the National Portrait Gallery, "General Officers Of the Great War": These men are sated, satisfied, tried and true, censured and cinched,…
Open Letter from Alice Walker to U.S. President Elect Barack Obama
Dear Brother Obama,You have no idea, really, of how profound this moment is for us. Us being the black people of the Southern United States. You think you know, because…
Politics and the English Language by George Orwell (1946)
"Politics and the English Language" By George OrwellMost people who bother with the matter at all would admit that the English language is in a bad way, but it is generally…
American Declaration of Independence
As far as I'm concerned, you can never read the American Declaration of Independence too many times:IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of AmericaWhen…
Articles Of Impeachment for US President George W. Bush
Yesterday evening, Congressman Dennis Kucinich of Ohio, delivered Articles Of Impeachment for the US President. Some say that President George W. Bush is a criminal and should not only be…
Mother’s Day Proclamation
It's Mother's Day in the USA today - time to be reminded of the "Mother's Day Proclamation" written in 1870 by American poet and activist, Julia Ward Howe:Mother's Day ProclamationArise,…
FDR Quotes For A Super Wednesday
We all know Franklin Delano Roosevelt was a legless commie so-and-so and that he ruined the Great American Nation after the triumphs of the 1930's. But he said some really…
Joyeux Anniversaire, Cannes!
On this day, in 1946, the first Cannes Film Festival opened.Back then they didn't have color, or black and white even. No, back then they had to enact the script…