"If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present." Lao Tzu It’s the last one that’s a challenge these days.

On this day 100 years ago General Strike 1926 - Nine days in May “Not a penny off the pay, not a minute on the day.’ Workers eventually sold out by the TU. www.tuc.org.uk/remembering-... #History

Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception. - George Orwell Unrestricted nationalism is, in the long run, incompatible with world peace -Bertrand Russell

Its basically a coup and treason. Advanced penetration in US, in progress in UK and starting in Canada. Mass organise and purge these traitors.

The Beveridge Report The post-war Labour government introduced the Welfare State (1945-1951) to address the Five Giants of Disease, Squalor, Want, Ignorance and Idleness. www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/gui... #History

Gustave Caillebotte (1848 - 1894) - French impressionist painter #Art

www.tuc.org.uk/news/our-rig... Farage the fraud professes to be on the side of the working class. This is a lie of Trumpian proportions and he’s coming for hard won rights. He will be cribbing from Trumps Project 2025 as well For those in Scotland, dismantling of Holyrood is also on the agenda

The playbook is always the same: control women, protect power. This International Women’s Day, we want a system that actually protects us. We’re fighting back for Nina, for Liv, and for every woman the courts have silenced. Join the movement 👇 https://goodlaw.social/33094f

Jean Béraud (1849 - 1935) - Russian born French painter renowned for his numerous paintings of every day Parisian life. #Art

Anders Leonard Zorn (18 February 1860 - 22 August 1920) was a Swedish artist who attained international success as a painter, sculptor, and etching artist. #Art

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m... This is Spain. Be like Spain.

On this day in 1890 the Forth Bridge, Scotland, was opened. unesco.org.uk/our-sites/wo...

Hans Andersen Brendekilde (1857 - 1942) - Danish painter.

Our occasional contributor Prick Knobinson reports in his own inimitable style the current situation on the state of fascism in the country today. Be prepared for a telling off! leftungagged.org/2025/04/26/p...

Fred Dibnah (1938 – 2004) English steeplejack and TV personality ‘back in the day’. A true character who had a ‘real pair’ as they say Those not acquainted with him can access his many entertaining videos, still available on YouTube Short video 👇 youtube.com/shorts/D3yIJ... #workingclasshistory

Albert Edelfelt (1854 – 1905) - Finnish painter noted for his naturalistic style and Realist approach to art. #art

The 1973 mellow voice of Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary fame. youtu.be/jwZLCoMO0ok

Bob Barker - English artist b.1954 Inspired by the Yorkshire mill towns that shaped his youth, Bob Barker is celebrated for his distinctive Northern Impressionism style.

Edwin Lutyens 1869 – 1944 English architect designed many English country houses, war memorials and public buildings. Not everyone’s cup of tea but Christopher Hussey wrote, "In his lifetime (Lutyens) was widely held to be our greatest architect since Wren if not his superior”.

Roosevelt’s New Deal New Deal was a series of wide-reaching economic, social, and political reforms enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the US between 1933 and 1938, in response to the Great Depression, which had started in 1929 www.historyonthenet.com/authentichis... #politicalhistory

Back to the future.

Wemyss Bay Railway Station, Scotland. Surely one of the most attractive stations in UK.

Ordnance Survey - Trig Pillars/Points Re-triangulation of UK (1935-1962) - project to improve accuracy of maps of GB and replace original data of period 1783-1851 No longer in use but they will be a common sight for all ramblers/climbers in UK www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/blog/a-histo... #geography

City of Dundee Closest professional football grounds in UK are Dens Park, home of Dundee FC and Tannadice Park, home of Dundee United FC. Just 183m apart both clubs currently play in the Scottish Premier League.

Malcolm T. Liepke born 1953 American painter noted for his representations of figures in interior environments. #art

The Meikleour Beech Hedge Quoted by Guinness Book of Records and highest and longest in the World. located near Meikleour, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, was planted in the autumn of 1745 by Jean Mercer and her husband Robert Murray Nairne

What price democracy www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/gui...

It’s an age thing If at age 20 you are not a Communist then you have no heart. If at age 30 you are not a Capitalist then you have no brains. - George Bernard Shaw I’m afraid I’m not in alignment with George. Contradiction between link and attachment theconversation.com/age-not-clas...

The Truman Doctrine Policy of containment that US would provide political/military/economic aid to countries under threat of communist influences. Led to formation of NATO in 1949 Submitted to Congress in March 1947 and considered to be start of Cold War www.studentsofhistory.com/containment-...

Small selection of London Pubs Crown and Anchor Covent Garden The Anchor Southbank Lamb Tavern Leadenhall Black Friar Queen Victoria Street

Spring forward, fall back. www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...

Cadbury brothers built a factory town known as Bournville after the nearby river and French word for "town". By 1960 the trust held 1,000 acres with 3,500 houses The brothers believed in workers’s social rights and installed canteens, sport grounds and education facilities for every employee.

When brothers fall out In 1919, Adi and Rudolph Dassler founded Geda shoe company. After 30 years of working together, the brothers fell out and separated. In 1948 Rudolph established Puma and 1949 Adi formed Adidas. Adidas is considered larger than Puma, though both are world renowned.

“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands...may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny." - Founding Father James Madison

The Flying Scotsman Built in 1923, it was the first train to clock 100mph on one of its Edinburgh to London runs in 1934. Retired by British Rail in 1963 after a working life covering two million miles. Fully refurbished, it still makes occasional runs and special appearances throughout UK.

Camille Rosalie Claudel (1864 – 1943) - French sculptor known works in bronze and marble. Model and confidante of Rodin. She died in relative obscurity after 30 years in an asylum but later gained recognition for the originality/quality of her art and now has a museum dedicated to her work #art

This needs dusting down and aired every so often.

I remember hearing this at the time, Johnson obviously didn't care if SNHS workers died from Covid, as per he put England before Scotland and would have let our people die.

Jacques Joseph Tissot (1836 - 1902) better known as James Tissot was a French painter, illustrator, and caricaturist.

Unusual statues Children by the River Singapore Politicians discussing climate change Berlin Cheeky little chap Brussels The Traveller Marseille

My peace of mind has so many enemies.

The Manhattan Project A top secret research and development program undertaken during World War II to produce the first nuclear weapons. Led by J Robert Oppenheimer and Maj Gen Groves. Main sites were Los Alamos, Oak Ridge and Hanford. www.nps.gov/mapr/los-ala...

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‘Are we there yet Dad’ Totalitarianism vs Authoritarianism vs Fascism 👇 With the ‘move to the right’ wherever we look, many still uncertain how to define it. Some comfortably use ‘fascism’ to describe it but others are ‘not there’ yet. www.thoughtco.com/totalitarian...

Today is World Poetry Day. Here’s a few I penned under pseudonym. #poetry

Gruinard Island Scotland During World War Il, biological warfare tests were carried out, using anthrax, on Gruinard by scientists from the Biology Department of Porton Down. In 1990, after 48 years of quarantine and restrictions on public access the Island was declared free of contamination

I use receive an annual prescription to this magazine in the 70s as a Christmas present and it was informative and interesting but haven’t seen or read it in decades. Anyone aware of it or subscribe to it today?

Man who raped women, defrauded people who paid his scam charitable trust & university, incited the desecration of our Capitol, defrauded banks, obstructed justice, and failed to pay taxes on his father's big estate--without *any* consequences--wants you punished if you light up one unoccupied car.

Quality of MPs is lower today, by a long way, than at any other time in the past Little wonder trust and confidence in them is at an all time low Corruption, ineptitude, lying, self interests and an inability to recognise they are there to represent their constituents natcen.ac.uk/news/trust-a...