South Africans have just lost the father of their nation. Yet it is the whole world that mourns this loss.

8 Part Eight of ‘Can’t Pay, Won’t Pay’ where CHRIS ROBINSON examines how the anti-poll tax campaign moves on from the aftermath of the magnificent 200,000 strong demonstration in Trafalgar Square that was turned into a ‘police riot’ in March, 1990 giving the media and political establishment the opportunity to smear […]

We all know that students work hard but play harder, running to lectures, racing against assessment deadlines and living that party life can become pretty hectic work. With all this going on, it’s too easy to skip the odd lecture and have a hangover day in bed whilst promising yourself to be […]

In Part VII of ‘Can’t Pay, Won’t Pay’, CHRIS ROBINSON examines the magnificent 200,000 strong anti-poll tax demonstration that turned into bloody violence in Trafalgar Square on March 31, 1990 which was used to try and smear the movement that was standing up against the Tory government, the rest of […]

Since 1995 kids and adults alike have enjoyed the interactive pleasure that can be found in owning a PlayStation. I remember, back in the early days, owning a PlayStation one. I had a couple of games I really enjoyed, one of them being Tekan. I used to play the character […]

The popular adage goes that the greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist. As I sat there being offered a position that entrusted me with the education of adults and children a lingering feeling struck me that Lucifer didn’t roam alone in the act […]

“The arts are an even better barometer for what is happening in our world than the stock market or the debates in congress…” Henrik Wilem Von Loon I was speaking with an acquaintance of mine a few days ago (I was also wracked with nerves as I was about to […]

In Part Five of ‘Can’t Pay, Won’t Pay’ with no political party willing to seriously oppose Thatcher’s poll tax, millions of ordinary people begin to organise themselves at grassroots level, often inspired by the historic revolutionary events in the former Stalinist countries of Eastern Europe. The town of Northwich was typical of […]