Attila The Hun – Meet The Man

Attila the Hun ruled from 434-453 A.D. and hailed from the modern lands of central and eastern Europe. He was not a founder of Rangers football club as is commonly rumoured although, if alive today, would probably support Servco as they are now known. He did succeed in wreaking havoc across Europe but failed to entirely […]

The Valley Of The Black Pig – Poem By W.B. Yeats

Here is a short piece of verse from the renowned Irish poet and Nobel Prize winner. The Valleys Of The Black Pig The dews drop slowly and dreams gather: unknown spears Suddenly hurtle before my dream-awakened eyes, And then the clash of fallen horsemen and the cries Of unknown perishing armies beat about my ears. […]

Citizen Smith – Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner

This episode is a blast from the past for some. Citizen Smith was Tooting’s answer to Che Guevara. He was a naive Marxist from south London who regularly found himself in all sorts of trouble with society. First broadcast in 1977, Citizen Smith is interesting for the clothes and attitudes to be found. It is […]

5 Most Famous Gladiators Of Ancient Rome

This is a list of 5 of the most feared and famous gladiators known today. They were all brave or perhaps slightly crazy men. The very idea of such mortal combat is shocking by today’s standards. Yet, in the ancient world, such battles were commonplace. There was also the incidence of fights against animals which […]

Israeli Squatter Map That Shocked US President

US Presidents are, by and large, heavily biased in favour of Israel. They are all, of course, Zionists. However, Trump has taken this approach to an entirely new level with his blatant and morally vacuous behaviour. When Barack Obama was in the top job, he eventually realised, too late, that Israeli was systemically dissecting the […]

Mr Bean At The Hospital

Here we see the (possibly) future British Foreign Secretary as he negotiates his way through the bureaucracy associated with the NHS. Bean is a one off, thankfully, but Boris Johnson is not far away in terms of incompetence and bumbling idiocy. In fact, Bean could be chip whip of the Tories. If you enjoyed this, […]

Survivor’s Creed – Poem By Resident Poet, A.D.

Our resident poet, A.D., often tackles metaphysical issues. In this poem, the matter of lost children, both born and unborn, is dealt with. What is after death? Do those who have passed on now reside elsewhere? What of parallel universes? Of monkey’s with typewriters? So many questions, so little time. [The use of ellipsis at […]

Introduction To United Irishmen Rebellion Of 1798

The Rising of 1798 was a heady rebellion in Ireland that created a framework for Irish Republicanism and the wars that followed. Founded by protestants in Belfast, the Republican United Irishmen sought to remove sectarianism from Irish society. They elicited help from Napoleon who sent ships and troops but they arrived on the west coast […]