Why I Would Have Voted For Trump
November 14, 2024
A lot of ink has already been spilt about Donald Trump’s landslide victory, so I won’t detain you very long. I also won’t bore you
Guest Posts
‘Man the Hunter’ a Myth?
November 10, 2024
Man the Hunter is the name of 1968 book which highlighted the central role of hunting in human evolution. Although ‘Man’ here refers to ‘mankind’
The Question of Reparations
October 21, 2024
On October 8th a debate took place in the House of Lords called ‘Reckoning with History: A Critical Discussion on the Reparations Debate‘. The event
Lord of the Rings
October 20, 2024
Recently, during a leisurely stroll through the charming streets of a quaint Devon town, I spotted a glimmering object lying innocently on the side of
Black History Month
October 17, 2024
(Photograph: Richard Townshend, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons) After first entering Parliament back in 2005, the black female Labour Party MP and indefatigable
Why the GP Won’t See You Now
October 14, 2024
I recently had blood tests for four issues that I thought it worth checking – blood sugar levels, liver function, kidney function and PSA. After
We Are Where We Are
September 24, 2024
There is an old joke about a Dubliner, who is lost in the Irish countryside on his way to his cousin’s wedding. He asks a
Time to Put the NHS to Bed
September 20, 2024
That the NHS at the time of writing has a waiting list for treatment of over 7 million patients is not a symptom of a
The Slippery Slope of Euthanasia
September 18, 2024
Principles are funny things. When they apply to others, we tend to regard them as hard and fast rules, never to be broken; when to