Agency: The Union | Author: Giles Moffatt |
Broadband for Scotland – Turning Braveheart into Blade Runner
PROLOGUE: BEWARE OF THE LUDDITE ...
'Luddism began on the night of 4 November 1811, in the little village of Bulwell, some four miles north of Nottingham, when a small band of men gathered in the darkness, counted off in military style, hoisted their hammers and axes and pistols, and marched to the home of a “master weaver” named Hollingsworth. They posted a guard, suddenly forced their way inside through shutters and doors, and proceeded to destroy a half-dozen weaving machines of a...