book review – SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR)

A former apprentice stonemason who helped build the Houses of Parliament is thought to have borrowed the book in the late 1800s

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09/08/2026 Adrian (釋大道)

“It does have beautiful illustrations in it and some pages that fold out to show you they were using exact measurements of some of the monuments in Greece.”

She said in 1872, the council got a £200 grant to establish the town’s library and and it had fewer than 1,000 books in its collection, with the overdue book marked as number 506.

There’s no way to know exactly who borrowed the book or when, Hudson said, as the library’s borrowing records from that period have since been lost.

However, the book is no longer available to borrow, having been added to the library’s collection of special items, which can be viewed on request.

“It won’t be able to go out again… we don’t want to wait another 150 years for it to come back,” Hudson joked.

As for the book’s much-delayed return, Simmons said he believes his great-grandfather would be pleased with the final chapter of its journey.

“I think he’d be happy to see the book returned and he’d probably have a bit of a laugh about it.”

William Whiston (1667 – 1752), holding his drawing of the solar system.

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08/08/2026 Adrian (釋大道)

I was born in Oxford (Hitler bombed my mother’s family out of working-class Lewisham in 1940) – and I love the history and “learning” associated with the place (I can walk around with a book about Marx on open display and no one bats an eyelid). I did attend Oxford – but I paid to do so – as I could not attain a place due to my own limitations when I was young. It just so happened that my intellectual abilities matured at the same time when I experienced a decade of wealth. Although Oxford does discriminate, I “paid” to access a “Philosophy of Mind” course – which I passed despite not fitting-in (I was in my late 30s at the time and was surrounded by BBC executives, Guardian Reporters, and UN employees – but my family was proud). However, I was told a story of a young woman who was born into a poor working-class family and brought-up on a housing estate.

Surrey: Visiting “Jane Austen’s House”! (26.5.2026)

27/05/2026 Adrian (釋大道)

Indeed, Jane was only 42-years old when she died (despite never marrying or having children of her own) – but she lived through the heady days of French Revolution, the rise of Napoleon, and the Battle of Waterloo. Despite the political class of Britain opposing the French Revolution (and opposing all the Socialist developments that arose from it) – many middle-class, literate British individuals found the times to be inspiring. Although I do not know for certain with regards Jane Austen – she was one of those literate British women who trailblazed in a man’s world via her written works (Pride & Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility, etc) – which are still best sellers today. Many of her works are performed as plays, and have been adapted for TV and the big screen. Whatever the case, on Tuesday May 26th, we headed out up the road to a nearby place called “Chawton” – where one of the houses owned by the Austen family is located.

Rakovsky - Trotsky's Japanese Spy - Grover Furr

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22/03/2026 Adrian (釋大道)

The Trotskyite militias were tasked with destroying the Soviet-backed “Internationalist Brigades” – and either take local power for themselves – or hand-over seized areas to the Franco forces. On the odd occasion that a genuine Anarchist detachment took a place and declared “freedom” – they would soon be rolled-over and executed by Franco’s forces. The above chapter of Grover Furr’s new book covers how Leon Trotsky was in the employment of British Intelligence during the 1920s and 1930s – including the time he founded the so-called “Fourth International” (1938) – calling upon all his followers outside of the USSR to join with the Catholic Church (and any fascist nation – including Imperial Japan) in an attack upon the USSR. He also called upon all his followers still living within the USSR to carry-out terrorist attacks upon the infrastructure of the USSR – in an effort to weaken the Soviet State from within. Later, In 1948, the incumbent Labour government requested that George Orwell compile a list of all British leftists he considered to be either a “Communist” – or “sympathetic” to the Communist Movement. Such was the treachery of George Orwell – and explains why British school children are still inoculated against Socialism due to the study of his awful books.

"Help Me - I'm So Beautiful and Trpped!"

China: Two PRC Citizens “Fined” for Staged ‘Slum Marriage’ Video! (8.9.2025)

08/09/2025 Adrian (釋大道)

Chen is taking all the criticism – and I am not condoning her actions – but we must be careful in allotting blame. Remember, misogyny is also completely illegal in Socialist China and Chinese Muslims live very good and productive lives – although this fictional video (now “banned”) is obviously supposed to look as if it is outside of China. I suspect the two were on holiday somewhere and wanted to make some easy money – but instead – once the Chinese Revolutionary Police found out where the couple lived – the hinges flew-off their front-door early in the morning – probably after a “loud” (but equally “short”) knock! China has modified so quickly under the CPC that its people are still learning to come to terms with modernity, technology, and wealth. This is no excuse for bad behaviour, however, and I think these two will be punished, but only in a moderate manner (indeed, they were “fined”). Being ignorant and disrespectful of others (particularly those stuck in lesser socio-economic conditions) is only counted as “freedom” in the capitalist West.

Nick Griffin (Left) & Mark Collett (Right) On a Date in Happier Days!

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03/06/2025 Adrian (釋大道)

Mark Collett is the spawn of the political loins of Nick Griffin – the latter being a prime populariser of the far-right in the UK via the “British National Party” (BNP). Nick Griffin groomed Mark Collett and intended to produce a rhetorical clone to take his place as the next leader of the BNP (there are all kinds of rumours going about that Griffin and Collett were involved in a “prison-style” male relationship). Collett was even featured in the Sunday colour-supplements of many mainstream newspapers – laughably presented as the “human-face” of the far-right! Collett is a bit thick though, because when interviewed by Louis Theroux, Collett thought “no one was watching” when he admitted on camera that the Holocaust was “a good idea”. This love affair with Griffin (and the media) all came crashing-down when Nick telephoned the Police begging for help – after he had to lock himself in a cupboard after Collett had threatened to “kill” him! Collett was subsequently expelled from the BNP around 2016 – and was was set lose to roam in the political wilderness – until he suddenly decided to found the grifting (money-making) organisation he terms “Patriotic Alternative”.

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