Tag Archives: Captain Swing

DRAX OF DRAX HALL: A deep dive in Squirarchy, a Dorset family’s past and the legacy of slavery.

Investigative journalist, Paul Lashmar, delivers a searing, in depth exposé of how a single British family built – and preserved – its fortune through centuries of slavery, land ownership, and imperial exploitation. Prior to sitting down at the Mac to … Continue reading

Posted in Deep stuff | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

The Fifth Monarchist Prophets… The Epiphany Uprising! Who was Thomas Venner and Anna Trapnel? 2013…. Where Are Our Prophets?

Last Sunday, January 6th, was the Christian festival of Epiphany. It was also the date that, in 1661, one Thomas Venner led the Fifth Monarchist Uprising in the city of London against the restoration of the King. As my good … Continue reading

Posted in Deep stuff, Follytricks! | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

SO LONG ERIC! Not Dolphy… Hobsbawm!

‘So long Eric’  was Charles Mingus’ tribute to the late great saxophonist/bass clarinetist Eric Dolphy and in this short piece I pay my respects the another revolutionary, another Eric – Eric Hobsbawm – who passed away a couple of days … Continue reading

Posted in Deep stuff, Follytricks! | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment