Thomas Paine

[spokette]

I think he will be turning in his grave at what is happening in Europe.

Interesting that the BBC have done a spotlight on him and not surprisingly, Barack Obama is a fanas he quoted him in his inauguration speech.

Is Thomas Paine on the school syllabus?

[spokette]

For anyone who is interested in social justice, his book "The Rights of Man" is essential reading.

[MrsGuyOfGisbourne]

Mark Steele has a wonderful brief life of him in his book 'Vive la revolution'

[ProfYaffle]

Ooh, he used to work in the little Norfolk market town where I live, we're having a Thomas Paine festival all summer.

[policywonk]

There's a funny little drawing of him on a wall in Lewes (where he lived for a while and wrote some of his stuff).

Top geezer.

[ProfYaffle]

Got around a bit didn't he?