A plainly ridiculous Trumpism
Remember when he said ‘unpresidented?’ That’s Trump of course! Many in the US took the opportunity to distribute a free newspaper which extolled the fact that he had in fact been unpresidented. It was such…
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Vawlty Towers
On the corner of 35th Street NW and Volta Place NW in Washington D.C. can be found Vawlty Towers. Basil Fawlty wont be spotted there but the ghost of a certain Alexander Graham Bell may…
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The phone never rings twice
A few years ago the famed inventor of the telephone (and of oralism and eugenics and other things) was struck off the patents registers as being the only true inventor of the telephone. The US…
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A little known 1950s oralist experiment and its fall-out
This is about the post-war oralist programme aimed at rearing fully conversant hearing speakers out of Deaf children. How did this special experimental oralist programme of the 1950s and 1960s originate – which few know…
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Railways at 200: The undesirable acts
This is a bête noire look at the railways so if you are easily offended please don’t be. That because this is not a subject to enthuse over in terms of the 200th anniversary of…
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From Jane Eyre to false truths – an experience of reality
I often wondered about Jane Eyre – the heroine in the TV/films of Charlotte Bronte’s famous novel. Why did Charlotte Bronte write this story? Was it a reflection of something that had happened to her?…
