Warum in die Ferne schweifen?

Warum in die Ferne schweifen,

Wenn das Gute liegt so nah?
Lerne nur das Glück ergreifen.
Denn das Glück ist immer da.

(Goethe, "Erinnerung")

my Essex County Council election result

I came 4th out of 5 with 303 votes and beat Ukip into last place. 

Marx's Capital

Critisticuffs has a Capital Reading Group on the first six chapters of Volume 1.

Great Man Theory of History

The Great Man Theory of History is that history can be largely explained by the impact of "great men" and the occasional "great woman". Examples would be that Hitler caused the Second World War and that Rosa Parks sparked off the Civil Rights movement by sitting on a bus.

equinox and solstice

Great resource by Greenwich Royal Observatory at equinoxes-and-solstices. A year on Earth can be split into four as we orbit the Sun. Each fourth is marked by an equinox or solstice.

Nicol Spence

Obituary in Higher, royalholloway.ac.uk alumni magazine:

Professor Nicol Spence (1924-2015)

Violence in the Bible

Violence in the Old Testament is mainly real and warlike physical aggression, consisting largely of Moses and others smiting their enemies, whereas violence in the New Testament is largely imaginary.