As the @EU_Commission Twitter account reminded us today, thirty three years ago the Berlin wall fell and the collapse of Soviet rule began, but I heard no news coverage of those 1989 events for I lived behind four walls in a monastery. There was no internet in those days, nor did we have TV, nor … More The Last Tweet
Rubí writes her Rubí Tuesday blogue The clocks went back on Sunday. We don’t have a clock. The Peasant always tells us when the clocks have gone forward or back, and we simply look at each other and shrug. All we know is breakfast gets earlier or later. Who needs clocks? Morris told us yesterday that the … More Matilde says we’re in a permacrisis
Rubí writes her Rubí Tuesday blogue One of the portant things about being a life coach is tough love. In other words being rood to your client because you know better than he does. And so it was with the Peasant today. I watched him on Twitter yesterday, traipsing around Benidorm with a lettuce in … More We’ve eaten Liz Truss and the Peasant is grounded
The current rapid collapse of the Truss government represents the true failure of the vested financial interests that produced Brexit. The March for Rejoin in London on Saturday 22 October is the first real opportunity to display the people’s true feelings about having their freedom of movement cancelled by their own Parliament. Hopefully it will … More March to #RejoinEU
The Peasants’ Revolt, also called Wat Tyler’s Rebellion, in 1381 was the first great rebellion in English history. The cause was the imposition of the unpopular poll tax of 1380, which was a response to huge economic discontent. The participants included well-to-do artisans and villeins as well as the poor. The main grievance of the agricultural … More The peasants’ revolt: choosing the right pitchfork
Equus Asinus 