Archives for “People”
The death of a nightclub bouncer. A man, we’re led to believe, with a history from an early age of bullying, violence and intimidation of others. A man known to mental health and social services for refusing to take up the offer of the help that he had asked for. A man with connections to [...]
Fabio Capello’s master plan to take England to the World Cup final is finally taking shape. On the evidence seen so far, truly it is something of a fantasy. The sorry bunch of posers (Wayne Rooney, our only hope and Sid Vicious-like talisman ready to self-destruct at any moment, excepted) that represent our once proud [...]
Dear Theresa May, Please grant Kiana Firouz refugee status as soon as possible. As a lesbian, she would be in danger of flogging and execution if she is sent back to Tehran. The Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition agreement states that the government will “Stop deportation of asylum seekers who had to leave home countries [...]
Last week I met a beautiful young hispanic woman and we spent the night together. She cared for me deeply and, well, carefully and I gazed upon her lovingly as the morphine (d)ripped through my veins. She checked me out and made sure that everything seemed to be in working order. ‘Hi, I’m Sofia,’ she [...]
Thanks to Dan Lynch’s reminder, guidance and example, here is my own effort based on the 38Degrees letter template (the bits I added are in bold). I’d strongly encourage everyone to write to their MP, too, but read Dan’s article first! He has some good advice on how to do it as well as background [...]
Time is running out for Akmal. Please join the campaign to try to save Akmal’s life by writing to Gordon Brown and the Chinese Ambassador to the UK Madam Fu Ying using the text below: “Dear Prime Minister Brown and Ambassador Fu Ying, I write to express my deep concern for Akmal Shaikh, who faces [...]
Recently, I’ve been spending time going through dusty boxes and transferring to my hard drive demo and rehearsal tapes of my old bands. Such was the lack of acclaim and clamour for more – strangely reminiscent of the actual times themselves – I decided now would be as good a time as any to upload [...]
I posted yesterday about a visitor to my home – a golden Autumn leaf specked with raindrops – and took some nice photos of it. I connected it to some reminiscences I’d had about a crying boy in my childhood. During this time, I also had to reset the time and date on my camera [...]
Yesterday, I took some photos of the golden Autumn leaves outside my window. This morning, it was miserable weather, rain and wind, and there were more leaves than ever before on the ground as well as swirling around. Overnight, the leaves seem to have become even richer in colour (or is that just me messing [...]
How To Make Pizza (In 36 Easy Steps And Two Hours!) http://post.ly/95kR Uncle dmarsd : How To Make Pizza (In 36 Easy Steps And Two Hours!) Splendid! Apologies in advance for auto-posting twice everywhere my next dent/tweet #idiot #sorry dmarsd : Apologies in advance for auto-posting twice everywhere my next dent/tweet #idiot #sorry Time for [...]
I’m posting this to give people who want to write some idea what you can say to personalise your email. The quoted bit is Reprieve’s standar email. I added the bit below in bold. From David Marsden <david.marsden@enfieldclubhouse.org.uk>To Andrew Love MPSubject URGENT: protect Akmal ShaikhMessage Dear Andy Love, MP I am very concerned at the [...]
I am rapt! Tight and warm in my sleeping bag, I stare out at the night sky. Everything is perfectly clear. My fellow hikers are nearby and in the distance we can hear coyotes. They are neither barking nor howling, something in between. Calling to each other. Louder. LOUDER! In the corner of my eye [...]
This is really a follow-up to my earlier Once A Red, Always A Red post from three and a half years ago. I was going to leave it as a comment to Andy’s reply to my original post, but figured it probably merited it’s own permalink! The only United match I’ve been to in recent [...]
As it’s almost four years and three months to the very day since the 7/7 London bombings, I thought this was as good a time as any to look back into the internet archive and see what I was thinking and blogging about then. I guess what’s got me thinking about this is the recent [...]
via current.com So we bailed out the banks so they can continue to fund the “War on Terror” and keep the likes of Tony Blair in a job as the Middle East “Peace” Envoy. Posted via web from David Marsden
Pompey Manager, Paul Hart: Chad: I really like Paul Hart as a football manager. He does great interviews, thoughtful with an understated, wry sense of humour and realism: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/8227381.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/7889082.stm Posted via web from davidmarsden’s posterous
Ok, I know I’m a little behind the “News” here in my own little world. But, hey, so what? To be honest, I try to avoid watching or reading the “News” whenever possible. It’s bad for my anxiety. A couple of months ago I read the copy of The Times that was delivered free with [...]
Jonathan Naess writes in The Guardian on Christine Laird‘s “victory” over her bullying bosses at Cheltenham Council. His excellent piece highlights all the main issues around discrimination faced by people with a history of mental health problems trying to get jobs. But one thing stands out to me: “She spent three months in a psychiatric [...]
I tried to Spot The Pie in last week’s edition of The Times in order to win a month’s supply of Brampton’s Pies. How many pies is that? I couldn’t find the damned thing anywhere, though. Who ate all the pies? Then I looked at The Times’ Football columnist Patrick Barclay.
Shocking news in the londonpaper tonight, which reveals Andy Murray’s new neighbours to be “Ashley and Cheryl Cole, John Terry and Didier Drogba”. Meanwhile, over the page, we were treated to the sight of JT apparently taking out his own son who then proceeds to dive in the manner of Didier Drogba!
“Kaiserslautern were obviously missing bruised testicle victim – Youri Djorkaeff – and you feel one good ball from him could make all the difference.” From Nutshell – October 99 to November 99I was actually at this game (the first leg at White Hart Lane) and remember feeling quite deflated to discover during the pre-match announcement [...]
I didn’t have any particularly strong feelings about London Mayor Boris YeltsinJohnson’s Barmy Booze Ban on public transport, which came into effect on 1 June this year. I don’t drink alcohol on Tubes and buses, mainly because they don’t have toilets. I do, however, enjoy an occasional can of Stella on my way home from [...]
Ok, I’ve had a couple of glasses of Red. From tonight’s London Lite: Al Murray is Luiz Felipe Scolari’s new Assistant Coach. Mr Murray, 40, formerly known as Butch Peter, football blah blah blah. Now, how many Italian-speaking personnel are there at Chelsea? Cudicini? Mourinho? Shevchenko? Really, Ray’s skills would [...]