I was sad today to hear of the death of Michael Meacher, left wing Labour MP for Oldham West and Royton. He was one of the last of the 'old school' Labour politicians who showed true Socialist convict…
This blog post started life this summer, after the Olympics. It was a time of great celebration in Britain; after all, according to some people we'd dodged at least three bullets over the Olympic per…
So, all you Olympic / Illuminati / Alien Conspiracy theorists....how's that 'The 2012 Olympics will herald the end of the world with nukes, interdimensional portals and alien invaders' idea hanging th…
According to some folks, the Olympic Opening cermony on Friday night is going to go with a bang. Not figuratively, but literally. Apparently a bunch of ne'er do wells called the Illuminati are going…
I found out tonight that there are over 70 versions of the Bob Dylan song 'All along the watchtower' on the online music service Spotify. I sort of worry that there might soon be a 'Watchtower radio'…
And so the new incarnation of Dr Who has his first adventure on BBC One, with 27 year old Matt Smith as the latest actor to portray the eponymous Time Lord. The one thing about Doctors these days is …
I am an enormous fan of the re-visioning of 'Battlestar Galactica' - good story and plot, good characters, nice combination of high tech and retro gadgets (loved the old style telephone handset that w…
One of my professional interests is in Artificial Intelligence - AI. I think I've had an interest in the simulation of human personality by software for as long as I've been interested in programming…
One of the useful spin-offs from the recent (and ongoing purge and tidy) at Pritchard Towers is that every now and again something floats up that makes you think "Whoa, yes, relevant with a capital 'R…
I read this short story again recently; it's by Ursula Le Guin and is one of the most haunting short stories that I've ever read. The only short story that sticks with me more than this one is Parke …