I turned on the radio this morning and was immediately reminded by radio 4 that it was the centenary of the start of WW1. Unwilling to hear the Establishment slant on the ‘commemorations’ (somewhere along the line it has sensibly been decreed that celebration is perhaps not the appropriate word) I switched to 5 Live,… Continue reading wars
Tag: Gaza
relativity
I have felt silenced by the twin horrors on 17th July of Israel’s invasion and bombardment of Gaza, and the shooting down over Ukraine of the Malaysian Air plane. Hundreds of people have died in both situations, in Gaza mostly Palestinians, and in Ukraine mostly Dutch. The media of course have not been silent –… Continue reading relativity