tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54188770720967610882024-03-05T18:02:10.035-08:00Serendipitous MomentsRuth Rikowskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07994566100983908536noreply@blogger.comBlogger183125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418877072096761088.post-47381020471258335452017-02-25T08:53:00.002-08:002017-02-25T08:53:33.817-08:00The Last PostDue to changes in my circumstances over the last year this blog will now cease.<br />
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RuthRuth Rikowskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07994566100983908536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418877072096761088.post-50952853499987186372017-02-22T16:00:00.000-08:002017-02-22T16:00:08.545-08:00Why Library Is Not A Dirty Word: Presentation Slides<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The presentation slides for Ruth Rikowski’s talk at The
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Presentation slides @ <a href="http://www.academia.edu/30467128/Why_Library_is_Not_a_Dirty_Word_Reclaiming_its_Power_and_Possibility_Presentation_"><span style="color: #38761d;">http://www.academia.edu/30467128/Why_Library_is_Not_a_Dirty_Word_Reclaiming_its_Power_and_Possibility_Presentation_</span></a>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This can be viewed at: <a href="http://www.academia.edu/31544770/The_Woodhead_Federation_The_Business_Takeover_of_Schools_in_England_Presentation_"><span style="color: #38761d;">http://www.academia.edu/31544770/The_Woodhead_Federation_The_Business_Takeover_of_Schools_in_England_Presentation_</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rikowski, Ruth (2001) GATS:
private affluence and public squalor? Implications for libraries and
information, <i>Managing Information</i>,
Vol.8 No.10, December, pp.8-10, online at: <a href="http://www.academia.edu/27814491/GATS_private_affluence_and_public_squalor_Implications_for_libraries_and_information"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.academia.edu/27814491/GATS_private_affluence_and_public_squalor_Implications_for_libraries_and_information</span></a>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rikowski, R. (2002) The Corporate Takeover of Libraries, <i>Information for Social Change</i>, No.14,
winter 2001/02, online at: <a href="http://www.academia.edu/27807996/The_Corporate_Takeover_of_Libraries"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.academia.edu/27807996/The_Corporate_Takeover_of_Libraries</span></a>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rikowski, R. (2002) <i>The
WTO/GATS Agenda for Libraries</i>, Talk prepared for a public meeting at Sussex
University, 23<sup>rd</sup> May 2002, online at: <a href="http://www.academia.edu/27815712/The_WTO_GATS_Agenda_for_Libraries_Talk_prepared_for_public_meeting_at_SUSSEX_UNIVERSITY"><span style="background-color: white; color: blue;">http://www.academia.edu/27815712/The_WTO_GATS_Agenda_for_Libraries_Talk_prepared_for_public_meeting_at_SUSSEX_UNIVERSITY</span></a>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rikowski, R. (2002) A First-Time in Glasgow: impressions of
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rikowski, R. (2003) <i>Globalisation
and Libraries – House of Lords Paper</i>, in: Report by House of Lords, Select
Committee on Economic Affairs, Session 2002-03, 1<sup>st</sup> Report, Volume
of Evidence, Part 2, HL Paper 5-11, London: The Stationary Office, online at: <a href="http://www.academia.edu/27807221/Globalisation_and_Libraries_House_of_Lords_Paper"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.academia.edu/27807221/Globalisation_and_Libraries_House_of_Lords_Paper</span></a>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rikowski, R. (2003) The Significance of WTO Agreements for
the Library and Information World, <i>Managing
Information</i>, January / February, Vol.16 No.1, p.43, online at: <a href="http://www.academia.edu/27814793/The_Significance_of_WTO_Agreements_for_the_Library_and_Information_Profession"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.academia.edu/27814793/The_Significance_of_WTO_Agreements_for_the_Library_and_Information_Profession</span></a>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rikowski, R. (2003) Tripping Along With TRIPS? The World
Trade Organization’s agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual
Property Rights (TRIPS) and its implications for the library and information
world, <i>Managing Information</i>, Vol.10
No.3, April, pp10-12, online at: <a href="http://www.academia.edu/27814936/Tripping_Along_with_TRIPS_The_World_Trade_Organizations_agreement_on_Trade-Related_Aspects_of_Intellectual_Property_Rights_TRIPS_and_its_implications_for_the_library_and_information_world"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.academia.edu/27814936/Tripping_Along_with_TRIPS_The_World_Trade_Organizations_agreement_on_Trade-Related_Aspects_of_Intellectual_Property_Rights_TRIPS_and_its_implications_for_the_library_and_information_world</span></a>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rikowski, R. (2003) The Role of the Information Professional
in Knowledge Management: The Beginning of the End or the End of the Beginning
for the Library and Information Profession? <i>Managing
Information</i>, Vol.10 No.4, pp.44-47, online at: <a href="http://www.academia.edu/27814711/The_Role_of_the_Information_Professional_in_Knowledge_Management_The_Beginning_of_the_End_or_the_End_of_the_Beginning_for_the_Library_and_Information_Profession"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.academia.edu/27814711/The_Role_of_the_Information_Professional_in_Knowledge_Management_The_Beginning_of_the_End_or_the_End_of_the_Beginning_for_the_Library_and_Information_Profession</span></a>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rikowski, R. (2004) Creating Value from Knowledge in the
Knowledge Revolution, <i>Information for
Social Change</i>, No.20, winter 2004, online at: <a href="http://www.academia.edu/27807687/Creating_Value_from_Knowledge_in_the_Knowledge_Revolution"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.academia.edu/27807687/Creating_Value_from_Knowledge_in_the_Knowledge_Revolution</span></a>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rikowski, R. (2008) Digital Libraries and Digitalisation: an
overview and critique, <i>Policy Futures in
Education</i>, Vol.6 No.1, pp.5-21, online at: <a href="http://www.academia.edu/27815559/Digital_Libraries_and_Digitisation_an_overview_and_critique"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.academia.edu/27815559/Digital_Libraries_and_Digitisation_an_overview_and_critique</span></a>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rikowski, R. (2008) Computers / Information and
Communications Technology, the Information Profession and the Gender Divide:
Where are we going? <i>Policy Futures in
Education</i>, Vol.6 No.4, pp.482-506, online at: <a href="http://www.academia.edu/27815632/Computers_Information_and_Communications_Technology_the_Information_Profession_and_the_Gender_Divide_where_are_we_going"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.academia.edu/27815632/Computers_Information_and_Communications_Technology_the_Information_Profession_and_the_Gender_Divide_where_are_we_going</span></a>
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making critical sense of social problems (like ‘austerity’, racism and
nationalism or the privatisation of schools) and important local and global
events like ‘Brexit’, learning how they affect us and how we might have an
effect on them. Our past courses – The Social Science Imagination, Co-operation
and Education, and Know How: Do-It-Ourselves Higher Education – all offered
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are a co-operative organisation that is owned and run by
our members. This means that we not only have an experience of higher
education, but can decide together what this education should be, how it works
and why it matters. All our members can help run the Centre by taking part in
democratic decision-making processes and collective ownership and
responsibility. No one pays for learning or gets paid for teaching at the SSC
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Ruth Rikowskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07994566100983908536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418877072096761088.post-68274785869550147952016-08-16T04:28:00.000-07:002016-08-16T04:28:09.812-07:00New Academia Posts - Ruth Rikowski<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rikowski, R. (2005) Traditional Knowledge and TRIPS, <i>Information for Social Change</i>, winter,
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rikowski, R. (2004) On the impossibility of determining the
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rikowski, R. (2003) <a href="http://www.academia.edu/27738723/TRIPS_into_the_Unknown_libraries_and_the_WTO_Agreement_on_Trade-Related_Aspects_of_Intellectual_Property_Rights"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">TRIPS
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Library Privatisation: Fact or Fiction? <i>Information
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rikowski, R. (2002) <i>Globalisation and Libraries – Summary Paper</i>,
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Economy, 22<sup>nd</sup> January, London, at: <a href="http://www.academia.edu/27768077/Globalisation_and_Libraries_-_Summary_Paper"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.academia.edu/27768077/Globalisation_and_Libraries_-_Summary_Paper</span></a>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rikowski, G. (2002)
The great GATS buyout, <i>Red Pepper</i>,
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<i><span style="background: white;">Did Shakespeare Really Write Shakespeare?<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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On February 11, 2016, Tom Regnier gave a presentation at the
North Palm Beach (Florida) Public Library on the topic, “Did Shakespeare Really
Write Shakespeare? Or Did Someone Else?” Regnier is a lawyer; an Appeals
Attorney at Tom Regnier Appeals, P.A. This talk was distributed by the
Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>Real Shakespeare: Edward de Vere, the 17<sup>th</sup>
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This is a talk from
1995 by a descendent of Edward de Vere: <span style="background: white;">Charles Francis
Topham de Vere Beauclerk, Earl of Burford</span>. Despite some of his right-wing,
Little Englander nationalist, anti-academic views, he provides some worthwhile
arguments as to why Edward de Vere wrote the plays of ‘Shakespeare’. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>Shakespeare Authorship / Crackpot to
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A talk by Dr. Keir
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<i>Shakespeare Authorship
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A talk by Dr. Keir Cutler. He focuses on the personal
experiences that lead him to doubt whether William Shaksper of
Stratford-on-Avon wrote the plays of ‘William Shakespere’.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>The Shakespeare Mystery</i><o:p></o:p></div>
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A ‘Frontline’
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<b>Mark Rylance,
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<i>Mark Rylance – Part One</i>
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there is ‘Reasonable Doubt’ about the authorship question. I have just signed
the petitions. Over 3,000 people have signed the petition. If you agree, that there is 'Reasonable Doubt' then do sign the petition!<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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On the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the death of Mr.
William Shakspere of Stratford, Sir Derek Jacobi and Mark Rylance reaffirm their
support for the Declaration of Reasonable Doubt About the Identity of William
Shakespeare, which they launched in the UK in a signing ceremony in Chichester,
West Sussex, 8th September, 2007. The petition can be signed at <a href="http://www.doubtaboutwill.com/">http://www.doubtaboutwill.com</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On
the 400<sup>th</sup> Anniversary of the death of the man from <b>Stratford</b>, I thought it appropriate to
write a review of a wonderful production of <b>‘The Tempest’</b> that we saw on Wed (20<sup>th</sup> April 2016) at the<b> Rudolf Steiner House in London. </b>Now,
whilst we knew about the great work of Steiner, and indeed, Glenn taught
this when he was a lecturer in Education Studies at the University of
Northampton, we knew nothing about the existence of this House. It is just by
Baker Street, and is very easy to find. It is the headquarters of the <b>Anthroposophical Society in Great Britain</b>
and was built in the 1920s and 1930s. There is a lovely theatre there, as well
as meeting rooms, a small library, a bookshop and a café. It is truly
wonderful.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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on to the play! This is the first ‘Shakespeare’ play that we have seen live,
since Glenn and I both became convinced that <b>Edward De Vere</b> wrote all those plays, and not Shakespeare. I have
now bought the whole BBC DVD collection – in 1978 the BBC decided to make
productions of all of the 37 Shakespeare plays. I have already watched quite a
lot of them, and they all make much more sense and are far more enjoyable to me
now that I am looking at them through the eyes of the actual author!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I read some summaries beforehand of 'The Tempest', by way of preparation. They were of some
help, but they were also rather confusing, because they did not have a clear
overview and perspective and there was too much detail.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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really on to the play, which was wonderful. Great acting, fantastic and
colourful costumes, very lively etc. etc. But the main thing was that we knew clearly
what was going on! Glenn and I both felt exactly the same about it all. Much of
the play is about <b>magic, alchemy </b>and<b> paganism</b>. It was one of the last
plays, but this is a wonderfully optimistic play as opposed to <b>‘King Lear’ </b>(another of the last plays), but<b> </b>which is so pessimistic.
This is De Vere trying to make sense of, and come to terms with his life, as he
knew he was nearing the end. King Lear is about him giving everything away,
losing everything to his daughters, and how this got him depressed and then
sent him mad (as 2 of Leer's</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> 3 daughters were rotten). De Vere also had 3 daughters.</span></div>
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Tempest’, in contrast, is very optimistic. Here, De Vere manages to get control
over things, with the help of magic, alchemy and pagan rituals. Prospero (De
Vere/John Dee) was the Duke of Milan, but whilst he was reading books and
studying his brother took the Dukedom away from him. He was banished to an
island, with his only daughter. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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there is a shipwreck. Prospero created the storm with his magic powers (which
he got from his books, which he was able to take with him to the island). Why
did he do this? Because Alonso (the King of Naples), and his brother and son
are on the ship. Alonso supported Prospero’s brother, in helping him to take
over the Dukedom in Milan and Prospero wants to confront him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the play progresses we learn that there are now plots to kill 2 people on the
island – Prospero (lead by Caliban, the beast) and Alonso, the King of Naples
(lead by Sebastian, Alonso’s brother, who wants to take over and become the
King of Naples in similar fashion to what happened with the Milan Dukedom). In <b>‘Hamlet’,</b> also, we see the brother
taking over the kingdom after his brother's death, and marrying his brother’s wife.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the positive side, Ferdinand (Alonso’ son) falls in love with Miranda (Prospero’s
daughter). But this is tricky stuff – 2 houses potentially ‘at war’ with each
other (as in <b>‘Romeo and Juliet’</b>).
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with his magic Prospero brings peace and tranquillity. He can now leave all
this behind and be at peace. This is De Vere realising that he is soon to die,
I feel sure, but being at peace with himself and with all those about him (as
opposed to Lear). We are left with a sense of community and of well-being.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>See also my blog entry 'Anonymous' on 20th Novermber 2015 in regard to who wrote the plays</b></div>
Ruth Rikowskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07994566100983908536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418877072096761088.post-67633451848966814422016-04-02T14:37:00.005-07:002016-04-24T04:23:43.659-07:00'Why Study the Rich?'<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">‘Why study the Rich?’ is an event that brings together
cross-disciplinary approaches to studying wealth in society. Come and listen to
talks by activists, writers and artists whose scrutiny, investigation and
differing perspectives attempt to challenge cultural narratives and societal
structures that are intrinsically linked to the maintenance of power.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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afternoon, as together we discuss how studies of ‘the rich’ might reveal a
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">Aditya Chakrabortty, senior economics commentator for the Guardian<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">Jeremy Gilbert, writer, researcher and activist & Professor of
cultural and political theory at UEL<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">Katharina Hecht, Phd student at LSE, on Economic Inequality<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">Jo Littler, Reader in cultural industries at City University London<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">Laure Provost, Artist, screening film ‘How to make money religiously’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">‘Why study the Rich?’ culminates a project called <i>The Rich as a
Minority Group</i> by artists Ruth Beale and Amy Feneck in collaboration
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Ruth Rikowskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07994566100983908536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418877072096761088.post-75794813829125187162016-01-03T09:08:00.000-08:002016-01-03T09:27:01.043-08:00HOW I LEARNT TO LOVE THE SEAGULLS<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>How I Learnt To Love The
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">By </span><b><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Neil Whitehead</span><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Saturday 9<sup>th</sup> January 2016<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The Seagulls</i> is a whimsical yet in-depth study of the birds that are hard
to avoid seeing. The series combines genres of photography using studio,
street, and nature photography and experiments with ways of displaying
photography. The work is humorous, emotive, beautiful and even political, and
is an untypical look at our most noticeable wildlife.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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1 Hard Back Silk Lustre Book.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a song by Cold Hands & Quarter Moon: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au-vyMtfDAs"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au-vyMtfDAs</span></a>
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Ruth Rikowskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07994566100983908536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418877072096761088.post-43079568139587301252015-12-11T14:58:00.002-08:002015-12-20T14:03:20.792-08:00Forest Voices Choir singing 'Line Up' - now on YouTube<div style="text-align: center;">
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<b style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">Singing 'Line-up!'</span></b></div>
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<b style="color: red;">Forest Voices Choir </b>(that I am a member of) sang 3 songs for the turning on of the Christmas lights event. The lights were turned on by Robin Wales, the Mayor of Newham, on 5th December 2015. 2 of the songs were Christmas Carols and the other was a lovely song advocating peace throughout the world. It is called <b>'Line Up' (by H. Yeomans).</b><br />
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Here are the words for <b>'Line Up'</b>:<br />
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Line up, line up<br />
Wo oh<br />
For your place in the peaceable kingdom<br />
Yeh, yeh, yeh.<br />
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Line up, line up<br />
Wo oh<br />
For your place in the peacable kingdom<br />
Yeh, yeh, yeh.<br />
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Line up, line up<br />
Wo oh<br />
For your place in the peacable kingdom<br />
Yeh, yeh, yeh<br />
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Bring your songs of freedom for a brave new world<br />
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Let me hear you<br />
Sing, sing now.<br />
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Line up!<br />
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The rich and the poor<br />
The weak and the strong<br />
The humble and the proud<br />
Won't you sing out loud<br />
The merciful of heart<br />
The sinner and the saint<br />
The forgiven and the wrong<br />
Find your voice in song<br />
No differentiation between black and white<br />
Let the Arab man stand by the Israelite<br />
There ain't no creed, there ain't no colour<br />
But the blood that flow thru your sister and brother.<br />
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*Repeat lines up to 'Line Up'.<br />
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What great messages!<br />
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I have just loaded the video of the<b> Forest Voices Choir </b>singing <span style="color: blue;"><b>'Line Up'</b></span> on to YouTube.<br />
This is the first item that I have ever loaded anything on to YouTube! Hopefully, I will be loading up a few more items in the future.<br />
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See:<br />
<b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayWOiJdx5bs">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayWOiJdx5bs</a></b><br />
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<b>Forest Voices Choir</b> also have a website - see<br />
<u>https://forestvoicese7.wordpress.com</u><br />
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<br />Ruth Rikowskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07994566100983908536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418877072096761088.post-34544538986714226222015-12-11T07:27:00.001-08:002015-12-22T00:39:06.177-08:00Neighbours at Junior School!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well - this is amazing!<br />
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My neighbour opposite has just found out/just realised that we were at the same <b><span style="color: red;">Junior School </span></b>together - in <b>Odessa Road, Forest Gate</b>!<br />
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Unbelievable?<br />
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Sounds it.<br />
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But no - it is true.<br />
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He has copies of the class register - and bingo - both our names are on it.<br />
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He still remembers and knows loads about many of the others in the class but I can only remember a couple. I passed the 11+ so went on to a different secondary school, and did not keep up the contact.<br />
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But I was always rather in a world of my own anyway if the truth be told (having my head buried in my books and in a fantasy world and all that) and well, I can still be rather like that!<br />
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Even so, however did he remember me? Both him and another person from school recognised me - he said it was because of my hair! Good job I did not cut it and change it eh!<br />
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This neighbour has lived there for 30 years but we have only just 'found each other', as it were.<br />
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Isn't it wonderful!<br />
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Does this call for a school reunion? Rather a nice idea!<br />
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What a small world, and all that!Ruth Rikowskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07994566100983908536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418877072096761088.post-62161208106635632772015-12-09T04:08:00.002-08:002015-12-11T04:26:18.866-08:00Open Mic at the 'Plough and Harrow' Pub every Sunday 8pm - 10.30pm<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Rock, rock 'n' roll, folk, blues and much more </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Apologies for the short notice but unfortunately it has been necessary
to change the venue for the meeting on Saturday 28 November. This will
now be held in the </i><span style="color: red;">MAYDAY ROOMS</span></span><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">, 88
Fleet Street, London EC4Y 1DH, 2.00pm – 4.30pm. </span><o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Social Science Centre (SSC) in Lincoln is a
self-organised co-operative higher learning provider that is democratic at all
levels of its organisation. The scholars who are members of the Centre work and
study together whether they are traditionally students or teachers. One of the
aims of the Centre is to analyse and dissolve the tensions in the relationships
between research and teaching, and students and academics. Set up by academics
from the University of Lincoln, the Centre has no relationship with the
University, although it is a critique of the formal institution as a
dysfunctional neoliberal arrangement in many ways. The SSC aims to ‘reinvent’
the University and transform the scholars’ relationship to knowledge in order
to insert their own experiences into theoretical knowledges that aim to
emancipate them as active change agents. The SSC engenders provocations,
conversations and discussions that enliven the notion that all those who are
involved in active knowledge work should become (co-) producers of knowledge.
Two of the (student) scholars and an academic from Lincoln will be visiting the
<b>Anarchist Research Group</b> to talk
about the centre and their experiences studying there.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In this session, we would like to tell you a little about
our experiences with the SSC and then invite a discussion on the SSC,
self-organised education and the relationships between education, learning, and
social change.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The Social Science Centre provides free public higher education in the
city of Lincoln and emphasises the collective and collaborative nature of
education. The Centre was opened in 2011 by academics and students and Lincoln
residents who feel passionately that those wishing to study higher education
should not have to take on the burden of debt. There is no fee to pay when
joining the Centre, only what you can afford. Free also means freedom to study
outside of the current disciplinary structures of higher education around
topics and issues that are of direct concern to you and your local community.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>ANARCHIST RESEARCH
GROUP</b>: Our meetings are friendly and informal. They are usually held
on the <b>fourth Saturday </b>each month,
at the Torriano Meeting House in Kentish town, 99 Torriano Avenue, London NW5
2RX between 2.00pm and 4.30 pm <br />
Directions: From Kentish Town tube station walk up Leighton Road, and turn left
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Website: <a href="http://torrianomeetinghouse.wordpress.com/where-we-are/" target="_blank" title="http://torrianomeetinghouse.wordpress.com/where-we-are/">http://torrianomeetinghouse.wordpress.com/where-we-are/ </a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a song by Cold Hands & Quarter Moon: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au-vyMtfDAs"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au-vyMtfDAs</span></a>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Glenn Rikowski @ Academia: <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://independent.academia.edu/GlennRikowski">http://independent.academia.edu/GlennRikowski</a> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ruth Rikowski @ Academia: <a href="http://lsbu.academia.edu/RuthRikowski"><span style="color: blue;">http://lsbu.academia.edu/RuthRikowski</span></a></span><span style="color: blue;">
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Ruth Rikowskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07994566100983908536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418877072096761088.post-50803494083802894822015-11-22T06:37:00.000-08:002015-11-23T02:59:19.807-08:00The Writeidea Festival 2015<br />
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I went to the <b>Writeidea Festival 2015</b> last weekend, 13th-15th November 2015. Victor Rikowski told me about it; he works for the Idea Store in Chrisp Street in Tower Hamlets. But he was luckily enough this year to get the opportunity to work for and be part of the Festival, held at the <b>Whitechapel Idea Store</b>!<br />
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It was truly wonderful; I was very surprised about just how good it was. It ran over 3 days and there were a wide range of authors, both fiction and non-fiction, talking about and signing copies of their books. I saw <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">David Rosenberg</span>, for example,<span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;"> </span>talking about his new book<b><span style="color: red;"> 'London's Rebel Footprints'</span></b> (which I also bought), who has been leading walks on London's radical history since 2007.<br />
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Then there was <b>James Dawson </b>and <b>Non Pratt</b>, 2 writers of<b> Young Adult (YA) fiction</b>, who spoke about their books, including their latest books, and other YA authors (particularly the ones that they liked). Furthermore, they did it all in a really refreshing and upbeat way. I can certainly see why they are so popular with teenagers. They really related to people; to something basic in the human condition. A great way of introducing teenagers to the adult world and sex and love and all that.<br />
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Then I heard <b>Derek Morris</b> speak about the <b>East End of London</b> and about the variety of writers, artists, scientists and prosperous merchants that have arisen from it. He has written books on all of this.<br />
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Next there was <b><span style="color: red;">Rosie Wilby</span></b>, a comedian, a feminist and a lesbian talking about how she helped to run a feminist newspaper<b><span style="color: red;">, Matrix</span></b>, whilst she was at university. She used video clips, music and photo archives and she did it all with a great sense of humour, as well as with great style. It was truly delightful. And she was just so much her own person (as were James Dawson and Non Pratt).<br />
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Finally, we had Nicci Gerrard and Sean French, known as 'Nicci French' who write psychological thrillers together. What they had to say was also really fascinating.<br />
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Altogether, it was a packed programme. There were also author such as Michael Rosen, Kate Thompson, Holly Bourne and Viv Albertine, to name but a few!<br />
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In addition, there was a<b> Writeidea Hub</b> with open mic slots, book signings and other special events.<br />
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The whole festival was free and there was also free tea and coffee and even some free food towards the end of the evening.<br />
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It was a truly wonderful event, I felt that I had a lot of affinity with the people at it, and I certainly intend to go again next year, all being well!<br />
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So, thanks very much Victor for telling me about it!<br />
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Here is another short write-up on the web about it all:<br />
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http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/news__events/news/november_2015/writeidea_gets_it_write.aspx?lang=en-gb<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">It is a well-known fact of course, that there is a body of opinion that
argues that Shakespeare did not write all those great plays. When I heard it, I
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">However, several months ago I read a brilliant book by <b>Jonathan
Black</b>, called </span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">'The Secret History of
the World' </span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">(published by Quercus, London, 1988) which just turned so many of
what are thought of as conventional wisdoms and historical facts, on their
head. And we did a little research into some of it, and some of what Black says
is certainly right, such as the fact that many important people in history have been<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;"><b>Freemasons</b></span> and <b>members of secret societies.</b> </span><br />
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all these plays by himself; but instead that he was probably assisted and
inspired by <b>Francis Bacon. </b>Black said that Shakespeare
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had certain issues with Shakespeare, if the truth be told, but that’s something
of another story altogether and perhaps for another day…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Tudors' </b>and all this lead us to return to this Shakespeare theme. Gregory Rikowski found
what looked to be an amazing and insightful film on the web: </span><b><span style="color: #c0504d; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">'Anonymous'</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">starring <b>Vanessa Redgrave </b>and<b> Derek
Jacobi</b>; directed by <b>Roland Emmerich</b>
and written by <b>John Orloff</b>, 2011<b>.</b> We bought it and have just watched
it. Amazing! It just turns many of the conventional wisdoms about Shakespeare on
their head. Even the 'Daily Star' said it was 'Stunning' and gave it 8 out of
10 and the Radio Times gave it 4 stars.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">The film is based on a book and the author decided to look at things the
other way round. Rather than trying to get the evidence to fit Shakespeare and the
plays together (the way it is normally done), focusing for example on
Shakespeare’s grammar school education and how that classical education helped
to equip him to write the plays, he asked questions such as - 'What type of person is likely to
have written these plays?'; 'What type of background are they likely to have
come from?' 'Where might they have lived?" etc. Now, this immediately
struck a chord with me. Since writing my own novels I have come to see that
this approach is the more correct one, rather than just thinking that novelists
and playwrights create their stories and fantasies purely out of, or at least,
mainly out of ‘thin air’. Rather, they get much of their material from life.
Now, what in Shakespeare's life gave him the material to write these plays?
Well, not very much really, it would seem. This is the message that the film
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">But I thought the film would focus on <b>Francis Bacon</b>, but no, there was not a whisper about him at all.
Instead, in the film it is </span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Edward de Vere</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"> who wrote all
those plays, and sonnets. Now, if you think about it, it really had to be one
person, I think, because of the similarity in style throughout (you know, as
opposed to the theories that say they were written by several people). Perhaps, others could have changed them a bit here and there,
to make them 'fit' Shakespeare, but essentially I think it had to be the work
and inspiration of one person. Again, I came to this conclusion from my own
writing journey.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">Now, the film puts the case that <b>Edward
de Vere</b> is the most likely candidate to be this one person, for a variety of
reasons; and it is a very, very powerful argument indeed. De Vere had the right
aristocratic background and would have had an education and background that was
well versed in history in general, the history of the monarchs in particular,
the classics, Latin etc. He was part of the nobility. A number of the plays are
also set in Italy and de Vere lived there for 2 years, thus giving him plenty
of material, but there is no evidence that Shakespeare ever lived in Italy at
all. And on the other hand, wherever would Shakespeare have acquired all this
vast knowledge from? It just does not add up.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">There is also another point: How could one man – i.e. Shakespeare,
possibly have achieved so much in one life-time? Basically, we are told that he
was a playwright; a poet; an actor; a businessman; an entrepreneur (setting up
the Globe Theatre etc); a promoter of plays; a family man etc. etc. Now, Mozart
in contrast, for example, was a brilliant composer but was hopeless with money,
and no good at all as a businessman. But apparently, Shakespeare had it all.
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">And on top of that he was no ordinary playwright either – no, he knew
loads about history, about various monarchs, he was familiar with the Classics, Greek and Latin, he had a lot of legal knowledge etc. etc. However, did he acquire all of this knowledge? The considered
wisdom is that Shakespeare acquired it from his grammar school education. But
however could he achieve all of that from school? He did not go to university
of course. Also, he had such inside knowledge on so many topics. And on top of
all of that, the playwright knew and understood just so much about the human condition.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">Whilst Shakespeare’s actual background tells a different story. His
father was illiterate and his 2 daughters were illiterate. In the film Shakespeare
could read but could not write. Also, he
did not spell his name as ‘Shakespeare’ and his signature itself looks somewhat
suspect. However, I find it hard to believe that he could not write – that
seems rather extreme. If he could read (which he would surely need to be able
to do, as an actor), then surely he could write? But I reckon that his writing
style was quite basic, and certainly nothing like the beautiful writing style in all of
those brilliant plays. Derek Jacobi in the film said that no manuscripts</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"> of
the plays has ever been found in Shakespeare’s name, and there was no mention
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">Also, there are the <b>Cecils'</b>; the family that had tremendous power and
influence over Elizabeth I; they were the Queen’s advisors. Now, apparently
<b>Robert Cecil </b>was a hunchback. Richard III in Shakespeare’s play was a hunchback
of course. When I first watched Shakespeare’s<b> Richard III </b>I believed the simple
message and thought that Richard III was a truly terrible person, going around
killing everyone so that he could succeed to the throne. Then, after watching
‘The White Queen’ and reading all those novels by <b>Philippa Gregory</b> around the
<b><span style="color: red;">War in the Roses period</span></b> I was convinced that this was completely wrong. Rather
that it was the Red Queen in the background who was obsessed about getting her
son, Henry Tudor on the throne, and would stop at nothing in order to achieve
that aim (and so various people died, including the 2 princes in the tower). Indeed,
she had some similarities to Livia, Augustine’s wife in Roman times, who was
obsessed about getting her son Tiberius to be Emperor and would stop at nothing in order to achieve that goal. Many people were poisoned. So, Phillipa Gregory shows that
some women in history were very intelligent and had a lot of power and influence in the
background, even if we do not like their actions! So, the Richard III play was
not simply about Richard III at all; but rather it was trying to get people to
see the Cecils' for the corrupt and power-mad people that they were. This was
the message in the film anyway.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">Also, after all Henry VIII’s dreadful behaviour someone probably wanted to
expose the awful corruption that was going on around the monarchy and their
advisors, so felt driven to write the plays – Edward de Vere was in the right
place at the right time and had the motivation to be able to do this. But of course, he had to disguise himself, and could not have them in the public domain under his own name.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">I think that society, today, is too much in awe of Shakespeare; he is
almost seen to be a Demi-God. Look at the <b>Globe Theatre</b>, for example (wonderful
though it is). Clearly, whoever wrote all those plays was incredibly gifted and
understood the human condition so well, on top of everything else. But that does not mean to say that he was also
a very good businessman, a good actor etc. The whole thing is very unhealthy and it exposes
lots about the problems of British society. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">I think I will be able to engage with the plays somewhat better and
easier in the future now, with hopefully a better and clearer idea about their underlying
messages and where they were likely to be coming from. So, the film ‘Anonymous’
has done me a great favour, if only for this reason! I will look at it all with
somewhat different eyes now. I reckon there are lots of hidden messages in the
plays which we cannot see because we are not looking at things straight. I will
gradually get to watch the plays again, but through a different lens and are likely to have some further insights.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Ruth Rikowskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07994566100983908536noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418877072096761088.post-59206495603076622812015-11-07T03:23:00.003-08:002015-11-09T03:32:36.274-08:00Something UnspokenI went to see 2 short plays by <b>Tennessee Williams</b> at the <b><span style="color: red;">Pentameters Theatre in Hampstead </span></b>a few days ago - '<b>I Can't Imagine tomorrow'</b> and <b>'Something Unspoken'</b>. Wow - what an experience.<br />
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The theatre itself, above a pub, was something else. I have never seen anything like it before, and I doubt that there is anywhere else in London quite like it. It is small and intimate and felt rather like stepping back in time, into a glorified and very large front room. The decor was amazing and there were pictures on the walls, particularly showing the history of the theatre and times gone by. One could chose one's seat and there were an interesting variety of seats, some armchairs, sofas and upright chairs with cushions.<br />
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I love Tennessee Williams plays but had never heard of these 2 before, so that also intrigued me.<br />
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And '<span style="color: blue; font-weight: bold;">Something Unspoken'</span>, in particular, dealt with such an important topic that I thought that I would blog it.<br />
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'Something Unspoken' dealt with lesbian themes at a time when the subject was very much taboo. Hence, the 2 females in the play - employer and employee felt that they had lesbian feelings for each other but no way could they express them overtly. Cornelia, the employer tried to confront what had been suppressed, saying that there seemed to be 'something unspoken' between them. She gives Grace 15 roses - one for each of their anniversaries as Grace has been working for Cornelia for 15 years. But Grace cannot bear to address the topic in this overt way; not surprising as she, being the employee is in the more vulnerable position. They are also continually being interrupted in their attempt to articulate their feelings by other sounds - in particular, the phone keeps ringing; there is also the music playing on the gramophone player. And of course, this is what happens in life - we are being continually interrupted.<br />
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I thought it was a fascinating and important play because not only was it bravely addressing the largely taboo topic of lesbianism at the time, but the basic idea about the difficulty of trying to express oneself on certain difficult topics, can also be widened far beyond the lesbian theme.<br />
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In fact, do not many of us sometimes engage with this way of conversing, in some way or other? We try to articulate some things, some topics that are very difficult to articulate (for various reasons, including the obvious one of society's prejudice) and find it near-on impossible. And so it becomes 'something unspoken' and we try to communicate it in ways other than the normal verbal means of communication between one another. In fact, this is one of the reasons that novels and plays are so powerful anyway. They allow us a form of expression that is not possible through non-fiction writing. I mean, many novels are based on autobiographies and the novelists' actual experiences. So the raw truth becomes somewhat disguised and becomes something that is in some way largely unspoken. Music is another alternative mode of expression; but of course that is largely even more camouflaged.Ruth Rikowskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07994566100983908536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418877072096761088.post-91407776892206591732015-11-01T05:46:00.000-08:002015-11-22T06:40:32.010-08:00Forest Roots on 27th Nov 2015<div style="background-color: white;">
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Ruth Rikowskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07994566100983908536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418877072096761088.post-18683630979206930622015-10-31T02:47:00.000-07:002015-11-01T02:48:10.919-08:00Mass Meeting: JEREMY CORBYN FOR PRIME MINISTER<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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Until 2009, one person in each household completed the registration for every resident eligible to vote, but now all that has changed. Each person who is eligible to vote now has to do this individually.<br />
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and Press Conference: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUKjwIaTZ4Y"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUKjwIaTZ4Y</span></a>
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Ruth Rikowskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07994566100983908536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418877072096761088.post-26912638670978098852015-10-18T09:44:00.000-07:002015-10-31T17:03:02.446-07:00Forest Voices Choir<span style="font-size: large;">Come and Sing!</span><br />
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Every Thursday, 7.15pm - 8.45pm with<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b>Forest Voices Choir</b></span><br />
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Contact: e7forestvoices@gmail.com<br />
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https://forestvoices7.wordpress.com<br />
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<b>Join us for:</b><br />
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Singing for Switching on of Christmas lights, opposite Forest Gate Station, at 5.30pm.<br />
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Forest Gate Christmas Pub Crawl, Thurs 17th Dec, 7.00pm - 9.00pm (more details to follow<br />
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<br />Ruth Rikowskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07994566100983908536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418877072096761088.post-72840162119237625082015-10-16T11:12:00.000-07:002015-10-18T09:37:34.695-07:00All Saints Chorus & Orchestra<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The All Saints Chorus and Orchestra are celebrating their 20<sup>th</sup>
anniversary concert season starting this year. Formed in 1994, the Chorus is a
community choir. Membership is open to all and there are no auditions. The
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outside the rehearsal room and the annual weekend away provides the perfect
opportunity to rehearse, socialise and relax.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The original Left Book Club was founded in 1936 as a means
of promoting radical debate in Britain. It swiftly became a phenomenon,
distributing over 2 million books and forming 1,200 reading and discussion
groups across the country. It engaged in political activity, including
solidarity work (e.g. with Spain), political agitation and much else. The LBC
is considered a factor in the creation of the Welfare State and in Labour’s
landslide election victory of 1945. It closed in 1948.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today we face a similar crisis to that of the 1930s, with
capitalism breeding inequality, suffering and violence around the world. As
then, however, the global left remains mobilised and committed to the creation
of a fairer society, free of the repression and austerity that has defined the
modern era.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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challenge posed by the global crisis. The LBC will publish four books a year
covering a range of progressive traditions, perspectives and ideas focused on
the UK, Europe and the rest of the world.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our aim is for these books to form the basis of a wide
network of reading circles, discussion groups and other educational and cultural
activities relevant to constructing the conditions for progressive social
change in the interests of working people.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ballast to the wave of political change sweeping Britain and beyond,
encouraging informed and compassionate debate.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The work will open
minds and inspire. I have a large collection of Left Book Club publications
collected by my parents and me.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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Ruth Rikowskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07994566100983908536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418877072096761088.post-46450038594924569012015-09-07T07:35:00.000-07:002015-09-09T12:12:18.515-07:00Discussion on the Education White Paper for England and Extensions of the Commodification Process in Libraries and Schools<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">DISCUSSION ON THE
EDUCATION WHITE PAPER FOR ENGLAND AND EXTENSIONS OF THE COMMODIFICATION PROCESS
IN LIBRARIES AND SCHOOLS</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This, rather long title, pertains to the <i>only</i> paper / article written by us (Ruth
and Glenn Rikowski) jointly. It appeared in the winter 2005/06 edition of <i>Information for Social Change</i>, Issue 22.
We were both mightily concerned with processes and policies relating to the
commodification of public services at the time, with Ruth focusing on libraries
and Glenn on schools in England.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Furthermore, at the time, both of us were interested in the
international dimension to the commodification of public services.
Specifically, we were concerned with the likely impact of the World Trade
Organization’s (WTO) General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). This joint
interest brought us together in a practical political sense too, when we became
members of Attac London in 2000 and along with others organised a conference on
the commodification of state services.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Of course, these topics have gained renewed importance with
the current development of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
(TTIP). Maybe the halting of significant advances in the WTO’s GATS process
since Seattle 1999 in some way precipitated this development. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is a shame that we have not written more together, and
this is something that we aim to rectify in the future.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Meanwhile, this ‘Discussion’ piece can now be found at <b>Academia</b>:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For <b>Glenn</b>, it is
at: <a href="http://www.academia.edu/12010645/Discussion_on_the_Education_White_Paper_for_England_and_Extensions_of_the_Commodification_Process_in_Libraries_and_Schools"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.academia.edu/12010645/Discussion_on_the_Education_White_Paper_for_England_and_Extensions_of_the_Commodification_Process_in_Libraries_and_Schools</span></a>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For <b>Ruth</b>, it is
at: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.academia.edu/12010645/Discussion_on_the_Education_White_Paper_for_England_and_Extensions_of_the_Commodification_Process_in_Libraries_and_Schools"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.academia.edu/12010645/Discussion_on_the_Education_White_Paper_for_England_and_Extensions_of_the_Commodification_Process_in_Libraries_and_Schools</span></a>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Glenn Rikowski’s</b>
papers and articles at Academia can be viewed at: <a href="http://independent.academia.edu/GlennRikowski"><span style="color: blue;">http://independent.academia.edu/GlennRikowski</span></a>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Ruth Rikowski’s</b>
papers and articles at Academia can be viewed at: <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><a href="http://lsbu.academia.edu/RuthRikowski">http://lsbu.academia.edu/RuthRikowski</a>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>Ruth and Glenn Rikowski</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">London<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">September 2015</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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