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Switch on of Mark Titchner’s Beacon
No comments on Switch on of Mark Titchner’s BeaconThis video is of the formal switch on of Mark Titchner’s Beacon in central Luton on 9 December 2016.
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Why Prince is made of awesome
Prince, Tom Petty, Steve Winwood, Jeff Lynne and others perform “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” at the 2004 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductions.
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Jacob Rees-Mogg in South Shields
I’ve used the example of the South Shields constituency in the North East several times when writing about the issue of safe seats and how they make a powerful argument for electoral reform (The new MP for South Shields has been chosen, I live in a Rotten Borough, and The South Shields by-election and Lazy Labour) so I thought I’d post this. I will remind you that it is the only seat in existence since the Great Reform…
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Liberal Democrats Euro Elections PPB #whyiamIN
I very much approve of yesterday’s Liberal Democrat PPB for the European Elections. A simple message well delivered. Looks like we might be having a European Election campaign that is actually about Europe. 🙂
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How To Be A Powerful Woman – The Woman’s Hour Power List Films
Last year BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour programme created a Power List of who they thought were “the 100 most powerful women in the UK”. While and interesting exercise I thought the list itself was somewhat flawed — but these videos that they produced to go along with it are excellent. A really useful starting point for thinking about how to exercise power in modern Britain. How To Be A Powerful Woman – The Woman’s Hour Power…
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Cleo Higgins performs ‘Don’t Let Go’ (The Voice UK 2013)
A further musical highlight of 2013 was this blistering performance by Cleo Higgins from the second series of ‘The Voice”.
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‘Diallo’s Testament’ by Ben Okri
More about this from the National Portrait Gallery.
