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uuntitled holdsworth film

matthew@matthewgoodsell.co.uk — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:02:45 +0100

Today I think I will just send you all to this video by Alan Holdsworth. It's about people who have - or are described as having - learning difficulties, and questions many of the preconceptions people commonly hold. The film is not without it's problems: the opening demand of 'full inclusion now', for example, should be treated with caution. Inclusion should be treated carefully, and I am now of the opinion that to rush head long into full inclusion, blinded by dogma to the consequences, is folly. Anyway, the film is still very interesting; go watch.

sons

matthew@matthewgoodsell.co.uk — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:05:29 +0100

Lyn and I are currently training up a new PA - Godfrey - to work alongside Dan. They are currently working together; they seem to enjoy it, as they're good friends. Both are rather noisy people, and seem to love computer games, so it's almost ,like there's a family in our house. Lyn and I are the parents, and godfrey and Dan are our rather hyperactive boys...

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The DLR

matthew@matthewgoodsell.co.uk — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:21:03 +0100

I think I am starting to get to know London quite well, and I'm starting to get used to it's ways. At first, it was a strange, intimidating, laberynthine place; coming down here as a kid to visit my grandparents, I always felt a little scared. Yet now the fear has been replaced with fascination...

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Life in a day?

matthew@matthewgoodsell.co.uk — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:05:40 +0100

Tomorrow, youtube intends to make a film called 'Life in a day'; it apparently wants as many users as possible to film things that are pertinent to them, and send the footage in. the overall film is going to be directed/edited by Ridley Scott, and is intended to create a snapshot of life on earth. It won't, of course, as only certain types of people - western, petit-bourgeois nerdy types - will send their footage in. everyone else will be too busy to piss about with Youtubes projects. Thus while I think iit really is a great idea, and will probably form a fascinating film, the project will ultimately fall short of it's goal...

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Ipad enduced invisibility

matthew@matthewgoodsell.co.uk — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:27:41 +0100

This place seems to have gone Ipad crazy. Both Lyn and our pa Dan have one, and they both seem to be constantly using them. More often than not, they're playing games on there - the Ipad has various little puzzle games which are apparently highly addictive. Every now and again, I hear little yelps of joy as someone goes up a level. I wouldn't mind - I tried playing one on Sunday and it really was engrossing - but it has reached the point of silliness. I popped down to Woolwich yesterday afternoon, and when I came back, it was like I had entered some weird dimension where I didn't exist; everyone was so fixated on their Ipads it was like I'd become invisible. I'm now considering buying one, just so I don't feel so left out.

Feeling very grrown up

matthew@matthewgoodsell.co.uk — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:50:19 +0100

It has certainly been quite a day. Yesterday I got a text from dad telling me that my uncle aki and aunt Dinah were coming to visit. Thu would have been an exciting prospect in itself, but in he event at about half four they arrived with my uncle David, my cousin Christina and her fianc tom. I knew immediately it would be a good evening...

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sixties exhibition

matthew@matthewgoodsell.co.uk — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 18:18:20 +0100

We just got back from the O2 arena. All this week there is a sixties exhibition there, and radio caroline is broadcasting from it. Lyn couldn't resist going to see her favourite radio station in action...

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the tories attack the bbc

matthew@matthewgoodsell.co.uk — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 11:41:55 +0100

I was just watching the news, and was appalled to find out that CaMoron is now on about cutting the BBC license fee. They claim the beeb is wasteful, and needs to be cut as part of the so-called 'austerity drive', but we all know that's bull, and that they're acting out of ideology. Everyone knows the Tories hate the bbc. I, on the other hand, support it strongly; it is fair, unbiased, and balanced; in this country we are fortunate to have possibly the finest broadcasting organisations on earth. The Tories hate it because it tells the truth rather than reflecting their narrow-minded views...

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disturbing questions

matthew@matthewgoodsell.co.uk — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:23:20 +0100

The case of Raoul Moat still chills me. Yesterday CaMoron stood up in parliament and condemned those who showed sympathy for the gunman: apparently he has become a heroic figure to some. I do not, of course, is view, but nor do I simply dismiss Moat simply as an evil, vicious killer. The man needed psychiatric help; he was a disturbed, mixed up individual. It is folly to ignore the background of this case, and simply see it in terms of good and bad, as CaMoron apparently does...

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Has France lurched to the right?

matthew@matthewgoodsell.co.uk — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:50:16 +0100

I heard yesterday that the French government had voted to ban the wearing of the Hijab in public, or, more precisely, they banned the wearing of any items of clothing which cover the face. This strikes me as problematic, especially in a western liberal democracy; it is indeed a backwards step. Surely we should be at liberty to wear what we want: indeed, rather facetiously ii noted that now nobody can wear zentai suits in France...

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