Circle of 13 (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
From: The 1381 Poll Tax rebellion The bridge over the River Ravensbourne at Deptford bridge has seen three major rebellions pass over it: The first of which was the Poll tax revolt in 1381, when Wat Tyler, the radical priest John Ball and Jack Straw led 60,000 of people down from Blackheath Hill across the bridge at Deptford Broadway and up the Old Kent Road into London in 1381.13 Ball is described...
PortlandOnline (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
Join your concerned neighbors for a status update and discussion of the Portland Hope Meadows Corporation development project at the John Ball School site
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
ORMSKIRK recovered from the loss of three early wickets to take their place in this year’s Echo Knockout semi-finals.
Voyou Desoeuvre (Free subscription) | 28/07/2008
Why the new 1950s-themed threads? Recently, I’ve been finding something strangely fascinating about the 1950s. Perhaps a picture will help explain. To me, at least, this version of commercial design as a neon-inflected industrial heroic is bizarre, but also oddly inspiring. Now, the 1930s were also a time of inspiring aesthetic and political movements: but [...]
Transpontine (Free subscription) | 16/07/2008
Following the last post on the peasants' revolt , Andrew pointed out that John Ball Primary School in Blackheath must be named after the radical preacher who made a famous speech at Blackheath in 1381. Our knowledge of John Ball, as with the rest of the revolt, comes from largely hostile contemporary sources. Froissart - A French chronicler of the period - wrote." And so long they went forward till...
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 11/07/2008
FLEETWOOD Hesketh booked their place in the Echo Knockout quarter-finals after a comfortable 35-run win over Southport & Birkdale.
Indus Asia Online Journal (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
( FOOD FOR THOUGHT) By Dr Ali Akbar Dhakan Heredity is the basis for mens recognition.The beginning makes the job started and if its good, the end will be good.Any weakness or wrong done in the start will result in the same fate till the end but positiveness comes when the start is well.It is there fore [...]
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
THERE have been many great matches at Filkins Lane down the years, but few have provided the drama of the Echo Knockout tie between Chester Boughton Hall and Irby.
Indy Star (Free subscription) | 03/06/2008
Officials plan additional inspections Tuesday to qualify for fed aid.
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 01/06/2008
Residents cleaned up Saturday after a tornado plowed a trail of destruction through the east side of Indianapolis, but they gave thanks that nobody was killed.
Daily Express (Free subscription) | 23/04/2008
THE bill to the taxpayer for public-sector pensions will soar by 㿅billion this year, the Treasury admitted last night.
Contessa Isabella Vacani (Free subscription) | 18/04/2008
Dear Reader, I hope you have enjoyed the first seven chapters of Book One of my five book, auto-history story called The Saga of Fray Paco. I also thought you might enjoy reading an email I recently sent to John Ball (which I've expanded for this post) about Fray Paco and some of the themes I am writing about. As always I look forward to your comments and emails. The Saga of Fray Paco is not only the...
Reformed Covenanter (Free subscription) | 20/03/2008
Yesterday volume 12 of the works of Thomas Goodwin arrived through the post. God-willing, another four volumes will be with me in the next couple of days. For those who do not know, Thomas Goodwin was a Congregationalist/Independent Puritan, and one of the most influential members of the Westminster Assembly of Divines, as [...]
The Independent (Free subscription) | 13/03/2008
In the Heat of the Night is a 1967 film, based on the John Ball novel published in 1965, which tells the story of a Northern Black police detective who becomes involved in a murder investigation in a racist small town in Mississippi. It won the Academy Award for best picture in 1967. When a wealthy man planning to build a factory in Sparta, Mississippi, is murdered, Police Chief Bill Gillespie (Rod...
Egyptology News (Free subscription) | 24/02/2008
The Spectator (review by Justin Marozzi) The Hunt for Zerzura: The Lost Oasis and the Desert War , by Saul Kelly. This review dates to 2002 but I've only just stumbled across it. It is less a review than a very short summary of the main themes covered by the book - only the last paragraph comments on the way in which the content is presented. The hunt for Zerzura, mentioned for the first time by a...
