She was twelve years old. She had a sore throat. Her parents gave her something from the medicine cabinet — Extra-Strength Tylenol, the kind sold in every pharmacy and grocery store in America. It was September 29, 1982. Mary Kellerman went to bed that night and never woke up. Mary Kellerman’s death was the firstContinue reading “One Pill. One Night. One Nation Shaken”
Author Archives: Angela Lloyd
Legally Dead. Permanently Inconvenienced
Priscilla Slack’s situation is one of those bureaucratic horror‑comedies where the punchline keeps getting darker. Yes — she really has spent more than two years being treated as legally dead, and every agency she deals with seems determined to keep her that way. She was declared dead by a typo, and the paperwork kept buryingContinue reading “Legally Dead. Permanently Inconvenienced”
Empire’s Old Guard Out — Blue Lady Walks In
Trafalgar Square: where empire once stood tall, and now a woman in blue strolls in like, “Shift up, lads, I’m walking here.” The golly wasn’t “a Black figure” to a child — it was just the jam‑jar guy. A little cartoon who lived next to the marmalade and made mornings feel cosy. The adult worldContinue reading “Empire’s Old Guard Out — Blue Lady Walks In”
When The Foolish Rise, The Whole City Falls
Plato warns that when unwise or foolish individuals gain power, society suffers because leadership requires knowledge, virtue, and expertise, not mere ambition or popularity. Plato’s warning is exactly what I’m pointing to—and he delivers it with teeth. The core idea is that when unwise, untrained, or self‑interested people gain power, the entire community pays theContinue reading “When The Foolish Rise, The Whole City Falls”
This Mess Isn’t Ours!
It isn’t poor people causing the world’s problems.The world’s mess wasn’t built by people scraping by for rent and a food shop. The real damage comes from decisions made far above the pay‑grade of anyone queueing at Aldi. Systems, laws, markets, wars, tax structures — none of that is designed by someone juggling the gasContinue reading “This Mess Isn’t Ours!”
Sixty-One On £85k — Britain Grafts To 67
Sir Robert Devereux: retired at 61 on £85k a year — while the rest of Britain is told to keep grafting till 67. I started paying in expecting my pension at 60, then it was pushed to 65, then shoved again to 67 — years of pension gone, millions short‑changed, and the very people whoContinue reading “Sixty-One On £85k — Britain Grafts To 67”
Four Storeys. Thirty Seconds. One Hero
Mamoudou Gassama — a 22‑year‑old undocumented Malian migrant — scaled four storeys of a Paris building in roughly 30 seconds to save a dangling four‑year‑old child, an act that turned him overnight from an invisible migrant into a national hero. On 26 May 2018, crowds in the 18th arrondissement watched a child hanging from aContinue reading “Four Storeys. Thirty Seconds. One Hero”
Teach Minds — Don’t Mould Them!
Schools should teach children how to think — not what to think. That’s the essence of Margaret Thatcher’s argument: core skills first, ideology nowhere near the classroom. Thatcher maintained that education should focus on literacy, numeracy, and knowledge, not political slogans or partisan ideology. She wasn’t my favourite PM, but on keeping ideology out ofContinue reading “Teach Minds — Don’t Mould Them!”
Share Till Twenty — Madness
Same‑sex siblings could indeed be required to share a bedroom until age 20 under Southwark Council’s proposed Housing Allocations Scheme 2026, and the plan also includes creating an additional housing priority band. Same‑sex siblings share till 20; Band E means “no realistic chance”; the 2013 system gets scrapped after regulatory failings. Southwark says the new schemeContinue reading “Share Till Twenty — Madness”
He Flew The Nights And Gave The Pay — Duty Over Dynasty
Prince William worked night shifts flying air ambulances — and gave the entire salary away. Prince William didn’t just do the job — he leaned into the grind, flying night shifts for the East Anglian Air Ambulance, then quietly donated every penny of his £40k‑a‑year salary back into the service. Prince William swapped palace corridorsContinue reading “He Flew The Nights And Gave The Pay — Duty Over Dynasty”
