• on Iran

    in the name of godarmed men chase, beat, punch and killdefiant children p.s. The Guardian of London reports that 58 protesting children, some as young as eight years, have been killed by the ‘Morality Police’ and their cadres, in the current freedom rallies. One thing all children hold dear, is a sense of fairness. Any

  • on time

    yesterday confusedold faces with new storiescolours of autumn ~ CLP 19/11/2022

  • on school

    economics classprivate education endsfees don’t cover costs ~ n.b. St John’s RC College, Southsea, “Permanently closed“. So much for educating the boys of the Portsmouth diocese. Buildings established to ensure one group of children got a decent education in a densely populated port, now vacant, after it went private and educated fee-payers’ children from around

  • on Iran

    beat, kick, murder childrenwhat your godliness demands?Woman! Life! Freedom! ~ n.b. What is there to lose when people have nothing to lose? Do you think the mothers of the missing fell silent in Argentina? Police men of Iran, your time will pass. CLP 17/11/2022

  • on Ukraine

    borders mean nothingtending the earth, tilling soilaccidental deaths ~ n.b. Two killed driving a tractor, technically in another country, Poland, same war. CLP 16/11/2022

  • on Ukraine

    where’s every body?Kherson now counting war’s costunaccountable ~ n.b. After breathing out, welcoming embraces, the missing are still missing. Moscow, the world turns it back on you. Even China and India realise you are going nowhere. CLP 15/11/2022

  • Dream

    no fleeting momentwe spoke at length of things passedyour visit prolonged ~ CLP 14/11/2022

  • on Ukraine

    after days and nightsdreaming of release from fearKherson wreathed in smiles ~ n.b. Could this the beginning of the end? CLP 14/11/2022

  • on time

    when would suit you best?no time like the present, butnot on a school night ~ n.b. Time is tight, but there are limits.

  • on stage

    something’s happening hereVieira and the Silversunrepeatable? ~ n.b. There is a scene developing in Norwich. It’s something quite special. A time, a place and an explosion of exciting, new sounds. Happy days, stupefying nights! CLP 12/11/2022