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Ideologically Inert
Labour's electoral failure recently(nationwide and internally) is systematically based upon a fixation with the 1945-50 Labour...
Dec 1, 2016


Political Alaska where danger lies but blamed on the 'scapegoat' of originality
Perhaps one of the most precarious moments in recent political history was when the ex Soviet Union ceded power to the Americans - namely...
Nov 24, 2016


Odd bedfellows/ Strange or logical?
There does seem to be a change of a sociological nature centered around a Post Thatcherist era and a birth of new hierarchies outside...
Nov 21, 2016


Popularism, nationalism, soft targets and soft touches
"Gingerism" not "gingerization". When our tongues have been loosened and political correctness goes out of the window, the tired wit, if...
Nov 18, 2016


'You find a way'
'You find a way' was Ted Hughes' response when subjected to personal conflict and the fear of being unable to write poetry that...
Nov 16, 2016


Firewall
Sharing a dream doesn't have to be a nightmare. Like Alice I'm falling until I land in a coal mine. Trapped I have only got a paint brush...
Nov 14, 2016


The construction of the economy stupid
Why 'stop the city' when you can rebuild non London-centric urban competitors in the rest of Britain? It's the construction of the...
Oct 26, 2016


Are Labour homeless or will self-destruct win Corbyn the political pools one day?
Does the Labour party not deal with ideology when it keeps pretending it has has a total makeover? Will Corbyn do Old labour,new labour...
Oct 25, 2016


Cold War
Was Britain preparing for utter nuclear destruction in Europe as the preferred theatre of war choice of USA and much of the Soviet Union?...
Oct 11, 2016


Reason for Imperfect reason
Introduction Advances in recent studies in neurobiology have provided us with a new neuroscientific analysis of the image of the Painter...
Oct 10, 2016


A killing machine and a corrupter
Introduction Germany was the source of Nazism, Britain didn't call time early enough to prevent it spreading, Vichy France bottled it and...
Oct 6, 2016


Guide to 50's, social national conscription for 50's and retaking ones vows.
Advice and psychological prescriptions free at the point of when you don't need them - welcome to being 50 something. You don't have to...
Oct 3, 2016


Tranquil Buddha
Recently I've painted ready-made's like African masks that have previously languished at the bottom of a charity shop corner, but these...
Sep 23, 2016


Watching Jesus Christ Superstar
Both Man and God died over Easter: Judas was condemned to madness and then suicide then hell, whilst Jesus was crucified and then was...
Sep 23, 2016


NAPA Membership
I am pleased to announce that I have been accepted as a member of the National Acrylic Painters' Association (NAPA). I look forward to...
Sep 15, 2016


Be a Part of Art
The Art world enjoys patronage from Auction houses, bidders, agents,lawyers, academics, specialists, collectors, gallery owners,sponsors...
Sep 10, 2016


Life's too short
Someone said life is too short to be'playing a game of chicken whilst being swotted like a fly'. But isn't that how unforgiving the...
Sep 7, 2016


Political Absolutionists
Humanity has a habit of demeaning positive perspectives. Ricky Gervais is lethal to the Noah's Ark biblical story. He is countered by...
Aug 29, 2016


Right Wing
There are general assumptions about 'Right wing ' thought,that involve ideological and pragmatic opinion, especially when it includes...
Aug 18, 2016


Pastiche, parody, ironic, sardonic...?
"Give a man a mask and he'll tell you the truth" (Wilde). Give an African a mask and he'll transform history, culture and life into a...
Jul 27, 2016
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