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
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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
Is Reform the Right Future for Britain?
September 14, 2024
One of the characteristics of older age, is that one tends to drop being old into conversations frequently enough to force people to ask how
Family Matters
August 28, 2024
If there exists an anchor that connects generations, surely it is the classic dad joke. Characterised by their pun-laden simplicity and eye-roll-inducing punchlines, these jokes
Is it Time for the Luddite Party?
August 24, 2024
The anger, sense of injustice and total mistrust of anything a politician says is now manifesting itself dangerously across the nation. Perhaps the way to