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Down House: Gee & Adrian Play Chess – Gee Wins! (7.3.2026)

Whilst visiting the Games Room of Down House – Kai-Lin played with the dinosaurs and the globe – whilst Mei-An watch myself and Gee play chess on a huge set of pieces and large board! Mei-An filmed and photographed whilst the game ebbed and flowed. I started really strongly – but made a poor move that sacrificed my Queen unnecessarily – Ge quite rightly pounced – turned the game in her favoured – and wiped the board with me. It was a great and explosive match and I definitely went-out on my shield! We try and play each other at least once a week to keep our thought processes subtle and sharp. I find the processes of intense thought relieves the fatigue my academic work often induces,

State of the Art Sun-Dial - Down House - Kent

Down House: Donning a Bowler Hat & Beard – Charles Darwin Lives! (7.3.2026)

It is a beautiful manor house situated in Kent – with a large garden full of all the natural experiments Darwin developed over many decades – as he slowly but surely correlated the information he had gathered in his youth aboard the HMS Beagle. He further developed all this by closely observing how nature functioned and unfolded in his native England – realising that environmental conditions (natural selection) creates changes in living organisms so a to better enhance the chances of a) survival, and b) reproduction. Whether occurring in South America, the Pacific, or the UK, the evolutionary forces acted in exactly the same way. Of course, what is near at hand to each of us becomes the “familiar” – and what is far away becomes the “unfamiliar”. However, this is just a matter of sensory “immediacy” – the point that Darwin made is that there is a greater principle underlying it all that we, as individuals, must strive to appreciate and understand. As part of this process, myself, Ge, Mei-An, and Kai-Lin all donned bowler hats and fake beards – so that we could – even if only for a moment – become Vharles Darwin!

The ruling means LTN schemes Albert Road, Dalmally Road, Elmers Road, Holmesdale Road, Parsons Mead and Sutherland Road will be removed.(Image: jackfifield)

London: Croydon LTNs Ruled “Unlawful” by High Court – Used to Boost Council Finances! (7.3.2026)

The legal challenge was spearheaded by local resident Karen Lawrence and the pressure group Open Our Roads. Following a complex legal battle that began in May 2024, Mr Justice Pepperall ruled on Wednesday (March 4) that the council had abused its statutory powers.

He found that the council’s primary motive for implementing the traffic restrictions was to raise revenue, which falls outside the lawful scope of the relevant legislation. LTNs are residential areas where through traffic is restricted by measures such as planters and cameras, in an effort to improve road safety and air quality.

The court’s decision examined Croydon Council’s broader financial position in relation to the LTNs. The judgement referenced the council’s Section 114 bankruptcy notices issued in 2020 over a projected £67 million shortfall.

The Brave People of Yemen!

Yemen: I Will Never Forget the Bravery of These People! (3.3.2026)

I cannot believe the Tories and Labour used the RAF to bomb the Yemeni people – over the last three-years – all in the name of US neo-imperialism and Israeli Zionist aggression. I would advise serving UK military personnel to think very carefully about what you are doing. You do NOT have to obey an “immoral” or “illegal” order. Although you may receive the short-term material benefits by “toeing the line” so-to-speak – in the long-term you may find yourself in the dock accused of “war crimes” and “crimes against humanity”. The Yemeni people above have none of the material benefits that we in the West enjoy – and yet through their faith and sense of collective spirit – they come out onto the streets in their millions and “defy” the ignorance and hatred of the West! Once, in the UK, the people mobilised and fought World Fascism (alongside our Soviet allies) – but today our bourgeois governments force us to “support” Neo-Nazi Ukraine, Fascist Israel, and Monarchist (totalitarian) Iran! NO. Western civilisation is premised upon freedom of thought – so use it!

2022 Rand Corporation Predicts Economic Turmoil in Europe!

DPRK: Europe in Trouble Due to US-Enforced Support for Neo-Nazi Ukraine! (23.2.2026)

Four years have passed since the outbreak of the Ukrainian crisis. After confronting Russia as a Western assault brigade, Ukraine has ended up on the defensive. It has lost countless soldiers and its economy is in ruins. Even according to the extremely underestimated figures released by the Ukrainian army, there are around 200,000 deserters and 2 million draft evaders. The total lack of young people ready to fight has led to the introduction of a law that imposes compulsory conscription for those over 60.

Honeywood Museum - Home Guard Fatigue-Jacket

UK: Sutton & Cheam Home Guard [WWII] – “Private Ernist Geirenger” [55th Surrey] – Preserved “Fatigue-Jacket”! (21.2.2026)

Indeed, it was the British Oxford graduate (and “Communist”) Tom Wintringham (1898-1949) who had masterminded the “Land Defence Volunteers Force” (LDVF) comprised of hundreds of thousands of eager working-class men and women – before Winston Churchill stepped-in and had every Socialist arrested and imprisoned. Churchill invented a “new” (false) history for what he re-named the “Home Guard” – claiming (again, falsely) that he had “invented” it. Whilst maintaining its essential “Socialist” ethos – Churchill kept the Unit under-armed and always lacking basic equipment and ammunition. He also made sure that as the Soviet Red Army moved ever closer to Berlin – the Home Guard was abolished in 1944 – before the war ended. However, during WWII the Home Guard was technically an ally of the USSR – and this is why the Unions urged hundreds of thousands of men and women to join it – although this “Socialist History is now deliberately obscured and difficult to find. The Home Guard was briefly re-mobilised inthe early 1950s when Churchill regained power – but was soon disbanded due to a lack of interest. Ordinary working-class men and women would not join to oppose a Soviet Union that was not a threat to the UK.

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