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Bare As You Dare

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The World Naked Bike Ride with a dress code “Bare As You Dare”  returns to London on June 10,2023, with the annual nude cycling event returning to protest against car culture and oil dependency. Other cities  around the world will also hold a similar event throughout the month June, American town  on June 24, Brussels on June 17. The World Naked Bike Ride London 2023 is free to join for anyone and winds its way through Clapham Junction, Croydon, Hyde Park, Regent’s Park and Tower Hill. Clapham Junction 2:30 pm assembly, 2:45p, departure, Grant Road SW11 2NU Croydon Ham assembly, … Continue reading Bare As You Dare

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Wonder Why?

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If Poison expires is it more poisonous or is it no longer poisonous? Do Twins ever realise that one of them was unplanned Which letter is silent in the word Scent the “S” or the “C” Why is the letter W in English,called double U ? Shouldn’t it be called double V? Every time you clean something, you just make something else dirty? The word swims upsidedown is still swims 100 years ago everyone owned a horse and only the rich had cars, but today everyone has cars and only the rich own horses? If you replace W with T … Continue reading Wonder Why?

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Inevitability of political betrayal

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Westminster in the 2020s where the business of governing is the lasting on the agenda for anyone worth their salt. In the SW1 bubble, politics moves fast, schemes are hatched and foiled – through both accident and conspiracy within hours, and sex and power preside. When Bobby Cliveden decides to campaign against the closure of her local mental health unit, she secretly thought it would take her straight to the heart of the UK’s bustling political centre. She heads to London to work for her local MP, the ambitious Simon Daly, and moves in with her two old university friends, … Continue reading Inevitability of political betrayal

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Europeans keen to constrain US’s unilateral tendencies

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Martin Daunton scrutinises the swings of the pendulum over ninety years of democracy, national self-determination and globalization. He examines the epic history of money, trade and development and how the shifting political balance in the US is changing the agenda of global economic policy over the last ninety years between economic nationalism and globalization, explaining in detail why one economic order breaks down and how another one is built, in a. wide ranging history of institutions and individuals who have managed the global economy. Biden administration is unpicking globalization as we have known it in the Trump era. This multilateral … Continue reading Europeans keen to constrain US’s unilateral tendencies

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Simply the Best

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Tina Turner “Queen of Rock” (83) has died peacefully today after a long illness in her home in Kusnacht near Zurich, Switzerland.  In the past she had suffered several health issues in recent years including cancer, stroke and kidney failure. Tina emerged in to fame in the 1960s alongside her ex-husband Ike turner, with the classic song River Deep Mountain High and What’s Love Got to Do which made her a superstar. She divorced the abusive Ike in 1978, and went on to find even greater success as a solo artist in the 1980s and won three Grammy Awards and … Continue reading Simply the Best

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Manchester City wins third succesive Premier League title

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Manchester City won a  third successive Premier League title over  Chelsea at the Etihad Stadium. City were confirmed as champions after Nottingham Forest’s win against Arsenal on Saturday, after Manager Pep Guardiola made nine changes from the side that thrashed Real Madrid to reach the Champions League final. Erling Haaland was rested although Julian Alvarez made no mistake to put City ahead after 12 minutes. Chelsea too had some of the better chances, as City keeper Stefan Ortega saving from Raheem Sterling and Conor Gallagher heading against the post. Kalvin Phillips also headed against the woodwork for City as they … Continue reading Manchester City wins third succesive Premier League title

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Suppression of knowledge and technology

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Engergy crisis – what energy crisis ? This is a crisis which is man-made. Nikola Tesla, a Serbian-American inventor,  futurist, electrical and mechanical engineer, one of the brightest minds in the history of science known for his contributions to the design of modern alternative current electric supply system and harvest electricity from the vacuum of space but also to transmit it wirelessly across the globe for everybody to use freely. Tesla born as the fourth of five children, in the village of Smiljan, within the military frontier in the Austrian Empire present Coratia on 10th July 1856 to an Eastern … Continue reading Suppression of knowledge and technology

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Websites facilitating online fraud

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UK finance scams surpassed £77m including face-to-face card fraud in shops and contactless fraud. The rising cost of living is forcing many people to seek alternative ways to make money, and fraudsters are capitalising on the niche. They will often trick victims into making quick bank transfers rather than using other, more secure payment methods. Money mule requests are when people knowingly or unwittingly let a criminal use their bank account to move stolen money. These will often appear on social media posts or via targeted emails. Online UK fraudster Tejay Fletcher’s iSpoof website helped criminals defraud victims by posting … Continue reading Websites facilitating online fraud

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Uncovering of erased history

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This is the story of sixteen determined women scientists who used the power of the collective and the tools of science to inspire ongoing radical change, and their fight for equality at MIT. These women entered the work force in the 1960s during the push for affirmative action. Embarking on their careers they thought that discrimination against women was a thing of the past and that science was pure meritocracy. These women were marginalized and minimized especially as they grew older, their contributions stolen and erased. Kate Zernike, an Pulitzer Prize winning journalist  for the New York Times correspondent, who … Continue reading Uncovering of erased history