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So here we are, about half way through the year, and let’s be honest so far 2020 has been a real doozy. As governments around the world began to lift the coronavirus lockdown, mass protest swept [...]

Where does power in the world come from, and how is it exercised? There are several different ways to look at this. Here I will talk about two of them, the way that power seems to be organised [...]

With millions sitting at home with not much more than the internet and their own imaginations to entertain themselves, it’s no wonder that there are plenty of conspiracy theories doing  the [...]

For the past two months we have been looking to the East as this respiratory virus has inexorably edged closer and closer to our shores. Now it is amongst us. Its arrival has brought significant [...]

Imagine that there is a huge tyrannosaurus rex standing over you. Drool drips from its mouth onto your head. It is hungry, and you are very much on the menu. What do you do? My guess is that no [...]

Welcome to 2020, a new year and the start of a new decade, what will it bring you? In common parlance 2020 is regarded as a measure of perfect visual acuity. Meaning that you can see ahead with [...]

So parliament has chosen to dissolve itself, and our politicians are asking for a new mandate. I don’t know about you, but personally I am struggling to remember a time when the voting choices [...]

Many of you may well have heard about the recent assault on a same sex couple travelling on a London bus. They were attacked because they wouldn’t ‘make-out’ for some youths’ entertainment. Last [...]

My ten year old grandson said to me this week “Grandad you’re my hero.” I hope Iron Man and Thor from the Avengers are not too disappointed by that. Growing up we naturally go through a phase [...]

The 20th of July 2019 will mark the 50th anniversary of the first human landing on the Moon. Ever since Homo sapiens evolved, over 200,000 years ago we have gazed up at the sky and marvelled at [...]