Category: Opinions & Issues

Where Reality Outperforms Fiction
Why Spanish Flu Was Called Spanish Flu and why virus names make a difference >>

Publish Date: 27th November 2018 // Category: Culture Wars, Mystery, Opinions & Issues, Posts Tags: ,

Spanish Flu made its first appearance in 1918; soldiers returning from World War 1 brought the virus home to their countries with them. In 1920 in New York City over 500 people a day were dying of .. read more >>
Ash Sarkar And Akala Discuss Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire >>

Publish Date: 28th May 2018 // Category: Opinions & Issues, Posts Tags: ,

Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire Ash Sarkar spoke to Akala about the white working class, conscious rap and politics, Britishness and his new book Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empir .. read more >>
How To Keep Local Shops Open When Global Superstores Move In >>

Publish Date: 25th February 2018 // Category: Opinions & Issues, Politic Madness, Posts Tags: ,

Watching a report on France24 detailing how local shops in the highstreet are closing down.  This is an issue that affects France but also many other countries including the USA and the UK. France2 .. read more >>
Art Conservation – The Wolsey Angels >>

Publish Date: 28th December 2017 // Category: Opinions & Issues, Posts Tags: ,

Diana Heath, Senior Metals Conservator at the V&A, describes the challenges of treating the Wolsey Angels – rare examples of copper figures created for the English Tudor court at the height of .. read more >>
Michael Caine Catches Rob and Steve Out >>

Publish Date: 8th May 2017 // Category: Opinions & Issues, Posts Tags: , ,

Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon get caught out impersonating Michael Caine in a hilarious bit of British banter. Almost makes me want to watch a few of those classic movies myself. https://www.youtube. .. read more >>
immigration Concerns In Finland >>

Publish Date: 25th May 2016 // Category: Opinions & Issues, Politic Madness, Posts Tags: ,

The effects of immigration can be felt on most countries today and while it has been painted largely as a negative phenomenon by some elements of the mass media there are also bonuses to each cultu .. read more >>
Oxford Union Speech For Black History and Q&A >>

Publish Date: 25th November 2015 // Category: Opinions & Issues, Posts Tags: ,

Human history is something that has always interested me - with great enthusiasm I watched this and had to share.   This speech highlights many issues on race and culture that have been feed into t .. read more >>
Theres a Monk Inside the Buddha >>

Publish Date: 16th March 2015 // Category: Opinions & Issues, Posts Tags: ,

CT Scans of a 1000 year old Buddha statue reveal the mummified remains of a monk hidden inside. Scientists found the unthinkable a few months ago when they examined statue from China that contained .. read more >>