You’ve heard of the film Natural Born Killers. Natural? Are we naturally born to kill? Or are we socially constructed to kill? I think its the latter. And here’s my take on why that is. Natural Born Killers is about Mickey and Mallory Knox. Mass killers with a lust for life – and a certain […]
Read MoreVietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, Ecuador, India and other parts of the world all have one thing in common and that is their narrow gauge railways, but whats more is some of these railways are too a part of the daily lives, the social fabric, of town and city dwellers. There are markets, cafes, shops and shanty […]
Read MoreIn writing a post on how humans perceive realities, I found this video from 2015 featuring Yuval Noah Harari of really great interest. Harari puts it so eloquently how humans live in a reality that is designed only for them. He has nailed it well. I also compiled a transcript and have posted this here […]
Read MoreIvan Illich – Deschooling Society – you’ve probably heard of or read this famous work. It was a thesis setting out the reasons why schools were not necessary – and how society could manage without these. He advocated that advanced technology could be used to achieve a better education system And this was in 1971! […]
Read MoreOn District Dave’s forum last night it was announced one of London’s top railway biographers and researchers, Mike Horne, had passed away. His website and blog were an excellent source of material related to all things London, especially the underground. It was said ‘so much knowledge had been lost.’ As one put it, Mike Horne […]
Read MoreYes! London Underground once had a streamlined tube train – although the speeds it would have been doing did nothing of any sort to smoothen the train’s actual progress. Despite claims the design was to enable faster tube speeds, it was said ‘After making experiments,’ it was ‘reported that there was no advantage either in speed or […]
Read MoreWhist there is an ongoing crisis (coronavirus) and many things are happening – sometimes its difficult to focus. Not only that one has to make sure their lives are going to be okay especially if they are vulnerable people – one of those which I am classed as of course. Despite the gloom I haven’t […]
Read MoreIn the midst of an ongoing worldwide crisis, the Big Apple chose to stage a gala opening for something new in a city that’s always on the edge so to say! Previously I have written about a different part of the area concerned which is Hudson Yards and that was about The Vessel. This time […]
Read MoreI am writing this because I have seen two of Martin Zero’s videos on the excellent work by James Brindley, which revolves around the construction undertaken in the 1750s to resolve both flooding issues as well as give an abundant working water supply to the mines around the Irwell Valley at Ringley, north of Manchester. […]
Read MoreFive different stations and five different lines for this year’s effort at celebrating International Womens Day on the tube. Even TfL changed its own social media accounts to depict the new style roundel as the picture below shows. TfL’s profile page with its International Womens Day roundel. Link to tweet. The roundels are presented here […]
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