I have been reading Charles James Fox Man of the People by David Powell(1989) and reproduce the comments I have made on the Eighteenth Century Worlds list. >>>I have now finished David Powell's book : unfortunately it is not good and cannot really be recommended. It is poorly-written and unscholarly - there are no notes, sources or …
Continue reading Charles James Fox – poor book, fascinating man.
A documentary film first. Afghan Star directed by Havana Marking, which won a prize at the 2009 Sundance Festival, told the extraordinary story of the introduction of an American Idol/X-Factor type show in Afghanistan. Music was banned by the Taliban and the producers of the show (Afghan Star) obviously faced considerable problems when they decided to …
A current issue of great importance to me. The background to this is the Government's desire to promote CBT as the one valid talking therapy, impose a single definition of 'mental health' (which means working) and attack Incapacity and other benefits. It is Orwellian in the true sense of the word because it involves the …
Continue reading Petition Against Over-Regulation of Psychotherapy
It is 25 years on since the Miners strike began and there has been both newspaper discussion and a few television programmes. Much the best of the latter was a documentary very simply entitled 'The Miners Strike'. In fact this documentary was made and first shown in 2004 for the 20th Anniversary, but I would …
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