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The Estate Agents is Called "Progressive" in North Bergen!

UK: North Bergen – New Jersey [USA] – London Calling! (11.8.2026)

11/08/2026 Adrian (釋大道)

I suppose as I write predominantly in “English” it is inevitable that a US audience will be attracted – if not only out of curiously – rather than any great political engagement. Surely, it would be logical to think this (of course, I exclude my progressive US readership from this assessment). Imagine my surprise when I saw that around half of the 900 or so hits my blog attracts (each week) in the US is from a single city – namely “North Bergen” in New Jersey. The name is either Dutch or Scandinavian – but the British once ruled this area. I have been reading about ths place as quite frankly I am astonished that my output would be of any interest to the average American – let alone in a single city. It could be a fluke and I am reading too much into it – but I am grateful for every read and click my work attracts – whether the content is liked or not. So, to those people of “North Bergen” who I will never meet or personally know – I thank you for the “click” – even if it was in error. Thank you for giving me something “new” to research. Thank you for sharing this path through my words!

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

Austral-Asia: Controversial New Find Suggests 19th Century Aussies Could Read! (9.8.2026)

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.

UK: I Once Ran a Half-Marathon over 1 Hr 40 Mins [13.25 Miles] in Hereford During the 1980s – and Neither of My Legs Were Broken! (8.8.2026)

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.

A memorial to Jean Charles de Menezes outside Stockwell tube station in London. Boutcher said the SDS should never have spied on the dead man’s family. Photograph: Stephen Kelly/PA

UK: Undercover “Special Demonstration Squad” – Closed Down Over Unjustified Surveillance – Spycops Inquiry Told! (3.8.2026)

03/08/2026 Adrian (釋大道)

Around 20-years later, Starmer would order the quick round-up of 10,000 Brazilians in the UK for deportation – whilst illegally taking the British Citizenship of the children (so that entire families could be deported with no legal or moral issues resulting. To be clear, the Brazilians have done nothing wrong in the UK, and are here in relatively few numbers – and yet the British State has targetted this group whilst ignoring the groups that have caused trouble. Bear in-mind that the SDS came into being one year after the “Summer of Love” in 1968 – and was instigated by an incumbent Labour Party. It existed and weaved its evil webs throughout the UK until 2010 (between 2008-2010 it seems to have had a name-change to “National Public Order Intelligence Unit”) – and the election of a far-right Tory-LibDems Coalition (although it was during the outgoing of Labour Prime Minister of – Gordon Brown – that it ceased operations after years of complaints). I suspect groups like the Maoist Workers’ Institute were subject to its machinations over the years – machinations that are now considered both illegal and immoral. My views about the Guardian Newspaper remain unchanged. Stop lying about Neo-Nazi Ukraine and the Israeli Genocide and re-orientate your political compass firmly back toward the left.

The Beautiful Devon Village of Kentisbeare - 1947!

UK: Yorkshire Puddings Are Made of It – Dead Fish Are Covered in It – On Why the MCC is “Wrong”!

29/07/2026 Adrian (釋大道)

My Dad learned cricket from the rich-boys who played on pristine pitches in the overwise bombed-out city of Leicester. These were Grammar School (posh) boys and my Dad was definitely not allowed to play. He was from an averagely poor working-class background. What he did was cleverly make himself useful to these privileged fools – so that they would slowly let him into a little bit of their affluent world. This is how he learned to play cricket. Many years later, when I was a child, the BBC would screen six-hours of cricket on a Sunday – I think BBC 2 – and my Dad would explain the game to me. This is how I learned to understand the rules of cricket. My Dad went on to found Tiverton Cricket Club as a player-manager – and I used to go with him as a child to roll the pitch a day before each match. On occasion, I would be at the game – mingling with the players – as I was young – I did not grasp “opposing sides” thing too well.

Surat Priest Arrested for Allegedly Sexually Assaulting Woman

India: BJP-Era Sexual Deviancy – Hindu Priest [Naresh Bhuva] – Accused of Sexual Assault! (19.7.2026)

19/07/2026 Adrian (釋大道)

As per the complaint, in April 2025 the accused allegedly called her to a hotel near Singanpor Crossroads under the pretext of offering blessings. The woman alleged that after consuming prasad given by the accused, she felt dizzy, lost consciousness and later found herself unclothed inside the hotel room. She further alleged that when she confronted the accused, he threatened to circulate her nude photographs and videos if she disclosed the incident to anyone.

The complainant alleged that the accused subsequently used the threat of leaking the photographs to repeatedly call her to the same hotel and sexually assault her against her will. She further stated that the alleged blackmail continued even after her marriage in February 2026, causing distress in her marital life.

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