2006: poetry, hate crimes in the news, and a loss still keenly felt today
It’s an entry from 2006 that, every year since, gets an impressive flurry of hits around GCSE exam time. Thankfully, I know the information I posted in Carol Ann Duffy: A Beginner’s Guide, all about one of Britain’s most successful poets, is correct—but really, despite GCSE results around the country usually being quite good, it concerns me that kids are still using the Internet for last-minute revision despite all the warnings that, when it comes to study, books should be used and not websites that haven’t been given a stamp of educational authority. I mean, I know the stuff I wrote isn’t fiction, but I agree with the advice. Sites like Wikipedia are most often used, despite anyone being able to contribute to them.
tags: 2006, archives, bereavement, Carol Ann Duffy, cats, China, David Morley, Dolly, Iran, poetry, retrospective, UN, US, ZimbabweEnd capitalism to save the planet, urges Bolivian President
Opening a UN forum in New York on the global impact of climate change on indigenous peoples, Bolivian President Evo Morales has said that capitalism must be scrapped if the planet is to be saved from the effects of climate change. “If we want to save our planet earth, we have a duty to put an end to the capitalist system,” he said, adding that unbridled industrial development was responsible for the pillaging of natural resources. President Alan Garcia of Peru said using land for biofuels was putting food out of reach for the poor.
tags: biofuels, climate change, environment, UN
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