In this post we’ll look briefly at what Codex is, but this is just groundwork for the next post on the subject which will be what you can, and should, do about it….
What is it?
Codex Alimentarius…quite a mouthful…in more ways than one.
Many of you will have heard of this by now, and some of you [...]

Date: 12th March 2009
Location: Room 1, Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount St, Manchester, M2 5NS
Start Time: 19:30
End Time: 21:00
Admission: £4 / £3 concessions
Every day we inadvertently disempower and limit ourselves, and empower others. Words are the means where others try to gain authority over you, and words are how you give your power away.
Hidden away [...]

One thing I love about the sound and language work I do is the sheer comedy of what is staring us in our faces, for example, I love the comedy of people saying humans are not oppressed or enslaved, yet we wear collar, cuffs and a tie to work (if male.)
There are many examples like [...]

Its a sign we see all the time.
We use this word to mean ‘way in.’ But they way we pronounce this word and the way we think of it isn’t what that word means, nor is it how it is pronounced
This Science of Sound and Language is much more that just breaking words down, its [...]

This Science of Sound and Language is much more that just breaking words down, its also about understanding the power of context, emphasis and reference and the effect they can have.
Simply by changing the context of a particular word, we can utterly change its meaning. In this case, it is very easy to see what [...]

The UK government is pressing for more and more students to go into full time higher education despite calls from expert groups that there is no need for more graduates, but a more balanced education including trades and other vocational skills.  Why are they proceeding despite the social need being so clearly in evidence?  One [...]

While there are lots of posts I want to put in my ‘conspiracy corner’ due to the plethora of heinous activities by forces in authority, I figured I should start with the most contemporary and fill in other gaps later.
The Credit Crunch is something that fills me with amusement and bemusement as it is one [...]

The term conspiracy theory has become commonplace to describe anything which implies that forces in authority may be engaged in activities detrimental to the health, wellbeing and growth of human groups, in any country.
However, a conspiracy, by definition, implies something secret.  In my experience, many things termed ‘conspiracy theories’ are actually observations of events, and [...]