Cradle of July 2, 2007

England with Scotland is generally regarded as ‘the cradle of the game’. Mesopotamia (Iraq & Syria) is regarded the ‘cradle of civilisation’. Africa’s Rift Valley meanwhile, cutting through many countries, is regarded the ‘cradle of mankind’. It was from this giant fold, which is still unfolding, that man was thought to have developed.

Religions paint other pictures but I am staying on the side of science here…

Presaging football, and not getting into religious nor political territories, my basic instinct when I think of mankind developing is to think of and be drawn to water and the naked state.

I was going to talk about this incessantly for 2 weeks or more but as the weather in England is so bad, I am switching to talking about something slightly secretive , that goes on under cover, using a magical box…