The Cold War is generally recognised as being the period from the end of the Second World War to the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Characterised by enmity between the USSR and its […]
I Took Her Advice
Vocalise your anger she said. It’s not good to hold it within. Display your emotions she said. Don’t be afraid to show feelings. So I did. And she left.
Turn And Stop
There had been no debate. He knew nothing. Life must stop for him, her friend, her companion. For I love you no more she said, she firmly said. And I am leaving […]
DISAGREEMENTS, DIFFERENCES AND WAR
In Modern Politics and Government, Ball and Peters state ‘Politics arises from disagreements and conflicting interests, and those differences arise from a number of sources’ (Ball and Peters, 2005 p.28). This statement is an attempt […]
ANALYSIS OF BROWNS SPEECH ON LIBERTY – 25/10/07
In the weeks preceding the Speech on Liberty, delivered on the 25th October 2007, Gordon Browns leadership was under close scrutiny. Following speculation and his dithering regarding calling an early general election during a period of decreasing poll […]
Scarface
He walked alone in the city, which was like somewhere out of a film or a dream. But it wasn’t. A film or a dream. The stone he could touch, the rain stuck his hair […]
What?
To start with I do not deny – positively – the conventional explanation of ‘up and down’, or, for that matter, the concept of ‘left and right’, the understanding of ‘in and out’, or, even, […]
High Street
There are trees on the High Street. And people too. The trees stand still, although high up, where they reach for the sun, where they hold up the birds, they wave. And the people move, […]
Imagine This
Imagine this: You’re standing on a bank and the waves rise up right on time, then, when they’ve crested, suddenly they stop, they freeze solid. You turn around and behind you the happy crowds at […]
Ghosts
I am haunted by the dead, by the living. I am haunted by those that have never been. I see glimpses in the shadows, hear voices in running water. I prepare for sleep with the […]