I read an excellent article just now. This quote stood out for me: The classic tools of propaganda are being used to turn the electorate against benefit recipients: demonisation; lies and distortion, appeals to fear, stereotyping and repetition. It is disturbing to discover that public opinion is being shifted towards the government’s desired ground. Once [...]
Cybher, collective bias and my conscience.
May 15, 2013 By 11 Comments
Life on a pound a day. #Livebelowtheline
April 29, 2013 By 36 Comments
Meet Urshe, living on the #FoodFrontLine
March 11, 2013 By 1 Comment
Urshe is 60 years old, and she lives in Ethiopia. I’m telling you about her as part of WorldVision‘s latest blogger campaign. There are three bloggers out there now, and 7 of us back home telling you the stories of individual families through our blogs. I remember the famine in 1984 – I was 13 [...]
Emma Bridgewater and comic relief
February 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Isn’t this just gorgeous? It’s the new Emma Bridgewater range for Comic Relief, and you can get it exclusively from Homesense and TKMaxx. I’m very happy to be reviewing the double oven glove (£7.99 with at least £4 going to comic relief) and the Bag for Life (£9.99 with another £4 donation). There also mugs, [...]
#RWNepal Renewable World on BBC Lifeline with Gethin Jones
February 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
So hard to find the words.
February 4, 2013 By 4 Comments
Yesterday my breath was taken away by a tweet from a blogger I knew, announcing the unexpected death of her baby girl. Matilda Mae was just two months younger than Tigerboy. I found it incredibly difficult to grasp. On the same day my Twitter stream was full of excitement over bloggers travelling to Ghana with [...]
If I were a writer
September 10, 2012 By 4 Comments
I would be able to move hearts and souls with my words. I would pen works of grandeur, stories to twist the imagination and stretch the mind, poems to bring people to the brink of tears, caress their cares away with laughter, banish boredom with excitement. But I’m just a blogger, and a witterer on [...]
Musical charity challenge.
September 1, 2012 By 10 Comments
To get to Grade 1, on a new instrument in about three months. Big wants to learn guitar. I don’t mind what I play. Dp is considering joining in and learning recorder. I’m the only one with any musical experience, I’ve got grade three on violin and piano, and grade one theory. We’re not precisely [...]
Just a basket.
June 25, 2012 By 3 Comments
