Affective polarisation
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An extract (in my translation and with my added emphasis) from a French
blog post by London-based political scientist Philippe Marlière:
*Polarization ...
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South East London blogzine - things that are happening, things that happened, things that should never have happened. New Cross, Brockley, Deptford and other beauty spots. EMAIL US: transpontineblog at gmail.com Transpontine: 'on the other (i.e. the south) side of the bridges over the Thames; pertaining to or like the lurid melodrama played in theatres there in the 19th century'.
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Looks like SE London was on the receiving end of the odd V2 but did you know Barnes Wallis (of bouncing bomb fame, also designed the Lancaster bomber I believe) lived in New Cross?? so we got our own back
see
http://www.computing.dundee.ac.uk/staff/irmurray/pictures/241NCRplaque.jpg
and
http://www.computing.dundee.ac.uk/staff/irmurray/wallissites.asp
241 new cross road apparently
Yes I've noticed the plaque before - there's also a Barnes Wallis Community Centre behind Somerville Adventure Playground.
I'm reading "The Italian Boy" all about the 'reurrectionists' of London - body snatchers basically. There was a roaring trade in the 1800's supplying medical schools with corpses. One of the pubs they used to meet at
"....as unofficial guild halls, where bodies could be stored, and tips and warnings exchanged, and as houses of call for those indirectly involved in the trade.... "
Was the Bricklayers Arms. Ah! the good old days, when you could leave your door open and everyone smiled....obviously don't leave your door open for long or some bugger will steal your granny's body!
Apparently it was only a misdemeanor to be in a possession of a body as it was not considered theft because a corpse was not considered to belong to anyone. Although some resurrectionists had a way of 'finding' fresh bodies.
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