by Jack Adams | Nov 16, 2019 | Diary Events
Is pub history real history? The essence of this question concerns the historical importance of pubs within the discourse of history. Meaning that we are questioning if pubs are more than places where people go to drink alcohol. Whilst to all people fascinated by pub...
by Jack Adams | Oct 5, 2019 | Diary Events
Old London Pub Lost to Property Development Going down the pub When you find an old London pub somewhere in the historical archives you don’t always know if it is still alive or not. Pub culture in London and the UK is a very specific idiosyncrasy of British culture...
by Jack Adams | Sep 5, 2019 | History
The Old Scrapbook is an archive of clips, articles, photographs, and postcards about pub history in 1950s England. Each page delivers fascinating questions and reveals a time just before the world of real ale came under attack from corporate mergers and acquisitions....
by Jack Adams | Jan 9, 2019 | Culture, History, Mythology, Observations
Understanding Prehistorical Human Cultures of KnowledgeAn interesting paper has recently been led by Martin Sweatman of the University of Edinburgh. Entitled: Decoding European Palaeolithic Art: Extremely Ancient Knowledge of Precession of the Equinoxes, this work is...
by Jack Adams | Dec 7, 2018 | Mythology, Observations, Stress in the workplace
Stress in the workplace is almost at epidemic proportions especially in academic and professional environments. People are feeling bullied and undervalued, their lives at work are a misery and they feel trapped in an adult life they do not want but cannot see how to...
by Jack Adams | Dec 6, 2018 | Diary Events
Theresa May Peace of Mind in Our TimeThe main thing about May’s deal is that it is possibly the worst example of leadership in international negotiations in the 21st century. Maybe some other leader will make an even bigger mess over the next 82 years but it is...
