Whirled Peas is a blog written from a progressive political perspective and attempts to address the political, cultural and social issues of the day. The blog contains mostly original commentary and reviews. If you would like to exchange links with this site, please click on the Contact link above and use the form to send a message to the Administrator.

Christian DeFeo, is the owner, author and publisher of this site. He is fifty years old and graduated with PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Southampton in July 2010; he spent the first part of his life in the United States, and thus maintains a long standing interest in American affairs.  His columns on a variety of topics have appeared at Left Central, UK Progressive, Unite Society and Digital Marketing Nerd. He currently lives in rural Norfolk and is working on a second PhD in Engineering, studying the potential role of online communities in fostering industrial innovation.

In addition to writing and politics, his interests include technology, classical music, cooking (mainly with chilli peppers), the study of religion, taking care of his cats (Thomas, Sarah Jane, and Solomon) and his dogs (Boris, Jenny Penny, Big Yin, and Flossi) and reading.

Note: all the opinions expressed on this site, as you might expect, are entirely his own.