Rob Donovan - Author

Unrobing the Emperors and other matters of concern. An author's blog - begun in January 2016 - revealing political deception in the UK - paving the way to The Road to Corbyn (2016, Matador) and Dying to Know - Running through a Pandemic (2022, Matador). Also updates on my work in progress: 'Mine to Die', an unusual work of local history with global ethical importance.

Saturday, 5 July 2025

CANADA THROUGH THE EYES OF HERCULE POIROT AND AGATHA CHRISTIE

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The maple leaf is a national emblem for the state of Canada. Here in our own local area the grounds of the Anglican church, St John's in...
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Saturday, 28 June 2025

FRUITS OF THE MARAZION QUAKER LIBRARY (16) - MOIRA FITT (2022) 'THE GOLDEN THREAD IN MY LIFE - A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY WITH QUAKERS'

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 In the last year of her life, in late May 2022, Moira paid a visit to our Stennack home in St Ives to thank us for a message of support we ...
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Friday, 20 June 2025

FRUITS OF THE MARAZION QUAKER LIBRARY (15) - ALTERNATIVE DEFENCE REVIEW (MAY 2025)

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 This Alternative Defence Review was proposed and undertaken by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in response to the RMT union's de...
Thursday, 22 May 2025

FACTS OF LIFE FOR YOU AND KEIR STARMER'S LABOUR GOVERNMENT TO PONDER

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 I am grateful that Tax Justice has been created and that we still live in a society where its truths can be disseminated. Here is its lates...
Saturday, 3 May 2025

ITHELL COLQUHOUN - A RADICAL VISIONARY ARTIST'S EXHIBITION - 'BETWEEN TWO WORLDS' - AT TATE ST IVES IN 2025

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The Ithell Colquohoun exhibition at Tate St Ives will finish soon and move to London; I am very glad to have had the opportunity to see it b...
Saturday, 26 April 2025

FRUITS OF THE MARAZION QUAKER LIBRARY (14) - MARCUS REDIKER (2017) 'THE FEARLESS BENJAMIN LAY - THE QUAKER DWARF WHO BECAME THE FIRST REVOLUTIONARY ABOLITIONIST'

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Marcus Rediker, the biographer of Benjamin Lay, is Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburgh and Senior Re...
Thursday, 13 March 2025

THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM - THESE ARE THE POLICIES NOBODY IN THE LABOUR GOVERNMENT IS TALKING ABOUT

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TAX JUSTICE has published a paper on how to manage our economy and be true to the values of social justice. Here it is below; it's well ...
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