A few comments on the adverts which ran during Make Bradford British and how they both show the context in which we operate and operate to dilute the message of the programme. Continue reading “adverts and integration”
bradford, the british and the camera
Make Bradford British is well worth watching. Initially I was very suspicious of it, imagining that it would develop into a form of Bradford Big Brother, be another reality TV show and no more.
However it develops into a fascinating and at times shocking programme that offers us a raw insight into the problems, bigotry and unacknowledged forms of exclusion that are suffered and offered. Continue reading “bradford, the british and the camera”
a dangerous method
The film A Dangerous Method relates the story of Jung’s development of psychoanalytical theory and his meeting with Freud focusing on Sabina Spielrein, a young woman who finds sexual pleasure in physical punishment. Jung is drawn to her and they become lovers and at one point, finally acceding to the fulfillment of her desire, he is shown beating her as she clings, on her knees, to a bedstead. Continue reading “a dangerous method”
a village i once visited…
The setting
From the eastern Mediterranean coast the territory covered by the department of the Aude reaches inland for about 80km, initially across a broad plain of arid land which rises steeply to the south into the Pyrenees and to the north the Black Mountains. Continue reading “a village i once visited…”
day 11
Early rising to get to the airport in Alicante. Bags packed.
At the airport, once inside you are anywhere.
In England, at Manchester, there was a retinal scan for some people coming from outside the EU, then the animal break, the slowing mechanism, some sort of electronic double door through which you have to pass. Horrid. We are ever more machines like it or not and we need to know how we are operated and how we operate. No choice there.
I miss my father.
Home.
day 10
Near the Churchill bar, I’m in a bar in the estate watching the TV, some auction programme running.
day 9
I attended the Church of England service at the multi-denominational church in La Siesta. It is known as the Church of St Paul and St Peter I believe. Continue reading “day 9”
day 8
A quiet day as I stayed at home only going out to check the time of the C of E service at the multi-faith church in La Siesta for tomorrow morning. Continue reading “day 8”
day 7
A poster from near the University area of Orihuela from yesterday.
I took a small cooked English breakfast in the Washington bar, 4E and 1E for a second coffee. Various people come in, many because they can have a fag in the covered terrace. Continue reading “day 7”
day 6
To Oriejehula or however it is spelled [Orihuela]. My father suggests it because it is an attractive old Spanish town. Continue reading “day 6”