I remember being taught to question everything when I did an A’ Level is Sociology. Reading about this event has reminded me about that. It has also reinforced how people in power and control can use images and perceptions in a way that has everlasting positive or negative affects. What? Read more…
Saturday 26 April 2-5.15pm Film: Abolition in Brazil plus Q and A with Charlie Phillips Museum in Docklands, West India Quay (Docklands Light Railway) Free entry: first come,first served Please bring a donation www.museumindocklands.org.uk Brazil has the highest black population after Nigeria. Many people there still speak Yoruba or Angolan Read more…
Why am I writing a blog about this event? Because regardless of what has and has not happened in te past, we really need to question who is giving us any information, why they are sharing it, are they withholding anything & what could the repercussions be from sharing or Read more…
I am a teacher. You may have heard that the National Union of Teachers (NUT) asked their members to vote about whether they want to strike about our pay or not. The vote was national and although individuals may have voted against striking, the majority are backing the idea. Read Read more…
Harrow Council Chamber was the appropriate venue for the first launch of DISCOVER JAINISM, the first ever book on the ancient Indian faith of Jainism that is aimed at schools in the UK. This is the first in the series LEARN JAINISM, initiated by the INSTITUTE OF JAINOLOGY. The launch Read more…
The following message has been taken from a website (http://kids.baps.org/gujarati/index.htm). It informs the reader about the organisation called Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) and shares what it can offer. Introduction to BAPS Worldwide Children’s Activities Children are to a society what seeds are to a tree. Just as Read more…
What? – The Fela Kuti Story (Music is a Weapon 1982) When? – Saturday 15 March from 1.30 pm – 4.30 pm Where? – BFI Southbank (near Royal Festival Hall), Belvedere Road SE1 Tube: Waterloo. Admission £5.00 Box office 0207 928 3232 website: www.bfi.org.uk Details – Singer-composer, musician and politician. Read more…
