Tag: England

  • Parliamentary Enclosure And Open Fields – Wikepedia

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    The Orwell Quote got me curious about the Enclosure Acts.  I looked them up on Wikipedia and was shocked to learn that these acts extinguished the common rights of the peasantry in England and allowed landowners to consolidate and fence off plots of land.  The peasantry was compensated in some cases, although often with land…

  • Organic Innovation Award Announced

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    UKLandandFarms announces new Innovation Award. Launched by organic sector watchdog the Soil Association, the award is for those who excel in low impact farming and growing. The winner will receive a cash prize of £3000, with two runner-up prizes of £1000 each. The Innovation Award, made in association with Nesta, the Innovation Foundation, recognises the…

  • Guardian Poetry Podcast Series

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    The Guardian Book section has an ongoing series of podcasts for poetry lovers.  It features contemporary poets reading from their own favourite poets’ work.  You can find the series here.  Some of the featured poets are: Jackie Kay reads verses from Edwin Morgan’s Love and a Life. David Harsent reads three short poems by the Greek…

  • Henry VIII – Family Man?

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    The Oxford University Press asks, “was Henry VIII a “family man” so to speak?” The notion seems vaguely ridiculous; by 1547, the philandering English monarch had laid claim to six wives, two of which he had executed, including the infamously-beheaded Anne Boleyn. However, King Henry’s children were perhaps among his most prized possessions, comprising the…

  • Distributism and the Internet

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    I’m posting the following article by Daniel McInerny from aleteia, a Catholic publication, in its entirety.  It reflects much of my own thinking.  I’ve only recently learned about distributism,  an economic philosophy that arose as a countervailing force to the laissez faire capitalism and rampant industrialization taking place at the turn of the 20th century.…

  • Anglican Church and Pagans – Cont.’d

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    It appears Reverend Steve Hollinghurst was badly misquoted in a recently posted article about the Church of England’s nacent policy to recruit Pagans by starting a new “Pagan Church.”  His response in its entirety is  below: OK if you have been reading the press over the last few days you may have come to believe…

  • Anglicans to make room for Pagans in the Church of England- Pagans Decline

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    Excerpted from an article by Dakota O’Leary in “God Discussion.” Summer solstice was celebrated on June 21st this year, and in England, Pagans and Druids gathered at Stonehenge 20,000 strong to watch the sunrise at the famous monument after a 27 million (pounds) restoration of the site.  And in light of that celebration, the Church…

  • Khadi – An Art That Gives Life

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    Khadi means handspun and handwoven cloth. In 1918 Mahatma Gandhi started his movement for Khadi as a relief program for the poor masses living in India’s villages. Spinning and weaving was elevated to an ideology for self-reliance and self-government. “Every village shall plant and harvest its own raw-materials for yarn, every woman and man shall…