• Fascism
    On the Friday, in A Level History, We watched some grainy archive footage of Adolf Hitler In stunned and mournful silence; This wasn’t “merely academic”, This was History with open hearted compassion. And when we saw the death trains rolling through central Europe, Full of Jews and Gypsies and Slavs, And when we saw the […]
  • Fish and Chips and Football
    Crispin’s Great Conker Debate has raised another interesting question about traditional British culture. But before that, many of our overseas visitors to the website must have no idea what conkers involve – please explain Crispin. Now on to fish and chips – something that many people in the world see as traditional British culture – […]
  • Cool Britannia: For Black History Month
    By all that’s calendrical, Black History month seems somewhat tokenistic Don’t you think? By all that’s zodiacal, It amounts to just one twelfth of the total, Just 8 point 3 per cent of the annual, Leaving 91 point seven per cent of the year Allocated, presumably, and understandably, To the ceremonies and rituals That mark […]
  • Citizens of the World Unite Your Goalposts With Crossbars
    Without wanting to get too mathematical or philosophical, Ontological, existential and metaphysical, May I ask the sighted of you a question please? What do you see when you look at a football pitch? That is, a football pitch devoid of players and spectators – Just a playing surface, with goalmouths and attendant markings, And none […]
  • Football Sums Haiku
    Football unites us, But racism divides us, Unity adds up.