Personal Opinion

Bricklaying v Masters Degree

Education is not a business.

We have to change the narrative; Education is not a business, and lower the school leaving age from 21 back to 18. Scrap the universities from the 1992 reform. We need to educate people, not cohorts. Education is not a business. Trade, Craft, and vocation should be as valued as letters after a person’s name. We need to change the narrative. Let’s value people, have skills equity...

Moses who wrote the bible

Who Wrote the Bible?

Today I was asked, “who wrote the bible”. Well, it’s a fascinating story and if you have an hour worth the effort to research. This is totally a historic interest not religious. And it is fascinating and the answer is based on identifying the writing styles of the original texts. Scholars Various scholars have given letters to each of the styles and looking at the use of...

StarStudded Pointless

Star Studded Pointless

Tonight on BBC one I can look forward to a, “Star Studded Pointless celebrating 100 years of the BBC”. I need it having just returned from a trip to our local Cooperative to purchase ingredients for my Special fried rice. Becca is out, and my 扬州炒饭, or Yáng zhōu chǎo fàn, is one of my two go to dishes, and to be clear, there are only two...

Cowdray Park Farm Shop come the revolution

Come the Revolution

Come the Revolution and this is why. Glaziers Lane is in a small village called Easeborne in Sussex. It’s my family seat, not the big house but the slum where some 17 Glaziers lived in poverty, but with love and I suspect a lot of laughter. This is the estate gate house, now the Cowdray Estate farm shop featured on the C5 tv show. Every morning the...