Solar power and the Sun God
Martin Griffiths investigates the case for solar panels and describes how he installed a system at his Gloucestershire home.
Read moreMartin grew up on a small farm on the Herefordshire/Worcestershire borders where he seemed to spend all summer picking fruit and all winter chasing lost sheep.
After College he set up a successful ceramics workshop in Cirencester but after travelling in Africa he took on a teaching post including Art, Drama and Sports before eventually becoming a Housemaster and wearing a suit and tie every day!
He spent the next few years teaching mainly Art, Photography and Literacy part time at an FE College and combined this with being a Barman, Chef, Photographer and Food Writer.
He moved back into full time teaching with posts in Greece, Switzerland and France, mainly teaching Literature, and now combines examination work for the International Baccalaureate with making Ceramics, Drawing and Writing. He remains Chair of Tewkesbury for Europe.
Martin Griffiths investigates the case for solar panels and describes how he installed a system at his Gloucestershire home.
Read moreMartin Griffiths looks into just some of the dilemmas facing the NHS and its workforce.
Read moreMartin Griffiths’ incisive pen spells out the cruel path we follow and how our hands are forever tainted with the...
Read moreMartin Griffiths was on the Rejoin March and came back more convinced than ever that the message is worth spreading
Read moreWith the climate crisis worsening, is it time for Private Jet Man to come to the earth’s and humanity’s rescue?
Read moreMartin Griffiths laments that a world on fire is what we will leave to our children
Read moreThe compulsive liar can’t stop himself lying and yet some fools still believe him.
Read moreMartin exhorts us all, especially children, to give the world a great big hug, because a world without flowers, trees...
Read moreMartin Griffiths’ excellent cartoon prompted me to craft this short piece on our Prime Minister’s lack of ‘Ethics’.
Read moreThere is a Crack in Everything - A poem for Christmas.
Read moreThe present is grim. The future looks dire. A better deal with Europe is at least part of the answer.
Read moreMartin Griffiths takes a light hearted and irreverent look at the power of wind! Is it just political hot air?
Read moreImmigration has always been treated by the British as something unwelcome. Now history is just repeating itself.
Read moreThe War Crimes inflicted upon the people of Ukraine form a long list of depravity and terror. Those responsible must...
Read moreBy invading Ukraine, Putin has destroyed the peace of Europe which the European Union has maintained since its inception.
Read moreTelling lies condemned Dreyfus but he was eventually freed. Johnson's lies have condemned Britain but maybe we'll be freed too?
Read moreThe Green Man is deeply rooted in folklore, as an environmental guardian. Maybe he can show the modern world how...
Read moreAn uplifting poem for Christmas Morning by Martin Griffiths, with artwork by Pamela Richmond, Martin's wife.
Read moreThey held a party at the height of a pandemic, only for it to be denied by our extraordinary Pinocchio...
Read moreMartin writes about a poll of "How is Brexit Going?" on the streets of Tewkesbury. on the European Movement Action...
Read moreOur cartoonist, Martin, depicts Johnson addressing COP26 with a blast of Hot Air. Is he not fanning the flames?
Read moreOur cartoonist depicts the careers advice some schools may be dishing out to address the shortage of HGV Drivers and...
Read moreLord Andrew Adonis talked in Malvern about the European Movement and his aim to lead us step by step back...
Read moreMartin Griffiths shares a piece, Musical Notes, from his collection of poems, Roses at Midnight
Read moreThe UK’s Committee for Climate Change issued a report paints a picture of the increased environmental disasters becoming common.
Read moreOllie Robinson has apologised for tweets he sent as a teenager. Despite offering support, Johnson can learn many from the...
Read moreOver a year after the start of the pandemic Cummings at last tells us how it was in the Cabinet...
Read morePolice are increasingly worried about the whereabouts of LibDems Leader, Ed Davey, who hasn’t been seen or heard of since...
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