TROUBLES IN KENYA

 

                                                                        

Ethnic conflicts in Kenya occur frequently, although most are minor skirmishes.

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These include:

• Colonial Policies.
• Political Instigation.
• Availability of Land.
• Access to water and pasture resources.
• Loss of traditional grazing land.
• Cattle raiding in Kenya.
• Lack of alternative sources of livelihood.
• Fears of terrorists

ETHNIC CONFLICTS

Ethnic conflicts in Kenya occur frequently, although most are minor skirmishes. A significant increase in the severity of such conflicts between the various ethnic groups inhabiting the country was witnessed after the introduction of multi-party politics in the early 1990s, especially during the 2007–08 Kenyan crisis.^[1] Major conflicts have also led to exoduses of ethnic minority communities with roots in other geographical areas.

MAU MAU RISING

WATER TROUBLES

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

CONTENTS: LOOKING BACK THROUGH THE FIREBALL by Tom Leonard

                                        LOOKING  BACK THROUGH THE FIREBALL   

                                                           Tom Leonard

                                      Copyright Tom Leonard, Edinburgh Scotland, April 2021

                                     

                                                                          

                                                                Planer Earth AD 2593

While exploring such themes as eugenics, mental health, gender and sexuality, two teenagers on a faraway planet come into contact, during the twentieth-eighth century, with a mysterious cult.

                                                                    SYNOPSIS

                                                                     CONTENTS                                                                      

                                               

                                                                  AUTHOR'S NOTES

                                                       1. TRIANGLE OF FRIENDSHIP

   

2. STRANGE HAPPENINGS

                                                                3.JANIANS AT LARGE

                                                                                   

4. THE ISLE OF MAINAU

                                                              5. LIFE MOVES ON

                                                                             

                                                                  6.TO THE PLANETS

                                                                                

                                                                  7.TO THE CONVENT

                                                                                   

                                      

                                                           8. A YEAR AND A BIT LATER

                                                                            

                                                     9. ACTION IN THE ARCHIPELAGO

                                                                             

                                                             10. REVOLUTION

                                                                             

                                                                     11.COUNTERPLAY

                                                                                 

     

                                                                      12.. AD  2715

                                                                          

AUTHOR'S NOTES; LOOKING BACK THROUGH THE FIREBALL

 

                                    Looking back through the Fireball

                                                  by Tom Leonard

                                                        

                                                   CONTENTS

                                                    SYNOPSIS

                                                                    Author's Notes

This novel is about transgender issues, mental health and the reality of eugenics.

The story is set in the Red Trojan Universe of the early twenty-eighth century, and looks back on topical events on Mother Earth, from Qinsatorix and other planets in the Aton solar system.

During July 2019, Scott Forster and I gave verbal and written expert witness testimony in Bloomsbury, London, to the Commission of Inquiry into the History of Eugenics at UCL. We were particularly impressed by the responses by the UCL museum curator Subhadra Das, statistician Professor Tom Fearn, evolutionary geneticist Professor Mark Thomas, and Joe Cain, the UCL Professor of Science and Technology.

Much of the History of Eugenics and of the UCL inquiry is summarised in our blogpost

https://thomashoskynsleonardblog.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-leonard-forster-research-on.html

During late November 2019, I attended a Candlelight Vigil for Transgender People outside the Scottish Parliament, amidst furore regarding the proposed Gender Recognition Act, During that evening, I talked at length with Jo Clifford and Joanne Alice Brown. I then decided to stop attending the Quakers, because of their unexpected failure at a local and national level to adequately support the cause of their transgender members.

I started writing my story about Pippa and her teenage friends Slim and Dreyfus during January 2020, primarily as a way of criticizing the present from a hypothetical future.

My concerns surrounding eugenics, socio-political control, transgender issues, neurodiversity, mental health, and group spirituality are addressed. I believe that spirituality is much more important than institutionally imposed religion within our caring secular societies

I completed a draft version of this novel (13 chapters, 66000 words) during May 2020 after two months of self-isolation with my forbearing flat-mate while taking daily strolls down Leith Walk and London Road, though not quite making it to Lochend Park.

By April 2021, I'd streamlined the book, with the help of Scott Forster to under 30000 words. This followed the announcement by UCL, during January 2021and consequent to the 2019 inquiry, that the names of the now disgraced statistical eugenicists Sir Francis Galton and Karl Pearson would, be removed from the buildings and lecture theatres at UCL

I would to like to thank Scott Forster for all his splendid historical and literary advice, and Julie McGarvey and Rev. Bill Taylor for commenting on the manuscript.

I gratefully acknowledge Kiera Calzini, Jen Crook, Kris Townley, Gareth Rae, Tamzin, Thomas Tallis, Nicola Romanski, Julie McGarvey, Lindsay Oliver, Subhadra Das, Eystein Thanisch, Rufus Reade, Neil Turner, Anu Chandra, Jim Liddle, the late George E.P. Box, Joan Fisher-Box, Steve Stigler, Sue McDermott and various members of the Open Book reading group and Broughton St. Mary Parish Church for their helpful input. Any similarity between the fictional characters in this novel and real-life humanoids is entirely coincidental, and none is intended.

DORNOCH, AND BRORA VILLAGE, COUNTY OF SUTHERLAND

 

                                                                              

                                                                                  

                                                       DORNOCH WIKIPEDIA

Dornoch (/ˈdɔːrnɒx/; Scottish Gaelic: Dòrnach [ˈt̪ɔːrˠn̪ˠəx]; Scots: Dornach) is a town, seaside resort, parish and former royal burgh in the county of Sutherland in the Highlands of Scotland. It lies on the north shore of the Dornoch Firth, near to where it opens into the Moray Firth to the east.

The name 'Dornoch' is derived from the Gaelic for 'pebbly place', suggesting that the area contained pebbles the size of a fist (dorn) which could therefore be used as weapons.^[4] Dornoch has the thirteenth-century Dornoch Cathedral, the Old Town Jail, and the previous Bishop's Palace which is now the well-known hotel, Dornoch Castle and a notable golf course, the Royal Dornoch Golf Club, named the 5th best golf course outside the United States in 2005 by Golf Digest.

It is also notable as the last place a witch was burnt in Scotland. Her name was reported as Janet Horne; she was tried and condemned to death in 1727. There is a stone, the Witch's Stone, commemorating her death, inscribed with the year 1722.^[5] The golf course designer Donald Ross began his career as a greenkeeper on the Royal Dornoch links. The golf course is next to the award-winning blue flag beach.

                                                                Visit DORNOCH

                                                               THINGS TO DO

                                                                          

                                                           HISTORY LINKS

                                                                       

                                                BRORA VILLAGE WEBSITE

                                                                     

                                                    BRORA WIKIPEDIA                     

Brora is a small industrial village, having at one time a coal pit, boat building, salt pans, fish curing, lemonade factory, the new Clynelish Distillery (as well as the old Clynelish distillery which is now called the Brora distillery ^[3]), wool mill, bricks and a stone quarry. The white sandstone in the Clynelish quarry belongs to the Brora Formation, of the Callovian and Oxfordian stages (formerly Middle Oolite) of the Mid-Late Jurassic. Stone from the quarry was used in the construction of London Bridge, Liverpool Cathedral and Dunrobin Castle. When in operation, the coalmine was the most northerly coalmine in the UK. Brora was the first place in the north of Scotland to have electricity thanks to its wool industry. This distinction gave rise to the local nickname of "Electric City" at the time. Brora also houses a baronial style clock tower which is a war memorial

REVIEW OF UCL EUGENICS INQUIRY (Joe Cain)

 

                                                              

                                                                        Joe Cain's Review

                                                              Legacies of Eugenics at UCL

                                         Sir Ronald Fisher, Highly Negative Eugenicist

                                                                              

                                                                 David Finney,  Eugenicist

                                                                                  

LEGACIES OF EUGENICS AT UCL

 

                                             

                                                       LEGACIES OF EUGENICS

                                                    

Rare Books and Archives on Eugenics at UCL

What archive materials related to Eugenics does UCL hold? Where can these be found? What is open for inspection? Which parts of UCL collections are digitised? How does UCL’s ‘Galton Papers’ differ from the digitised Galton material available online through the Wellcome Collection?

I’ve spent the past two years researching the history and legacy of eugenics at UCL. In this video, I am in conversation with some of the specialists from UCL Special Collections who are experts on answering research questions in this area. They are:

• Ms Erika Delbecque, Head of Rare Books
• Ms Katy Makin, Archivist (Katy was also responsible for cataloguing the bulk of the material relating to eugenics at UCL)
• Mr Colin Penman, Head of UCL Records Office

We discuss collections held at UCL relating to eugenics in each of the areas they oversee.

You can find our UCL Archives catalogue here and explore our Digital Collections here.

To find the Galton Laboratory Books in our Catalogues at UCL, visit our Explore Catalogue, and search using the string GALTONLABORATORY. Choose ‘Special Collections’ from the Library option to narrow down results.