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Why I’m Saying Black Lives Matter
Black Lives Matter has become a politically and emotionally charged statement. So why do I keep using it?
Black Lives Matter has become a politically and emotionally charged statement. So why do I keep using it?
In my book A Better Kind of Intimacy, I wrote about the problem of pornography, and particularly how it has shifted and grown with the advent of smartphones and social media. The book was published just over a year ago, but even since then there has been a further shift Read more…
Last week, I embarked upon my bi-weekly mission to gather up and sort all of our recycling, ready for collection day. I’m the kind of person who tends to just throw everything into a big bag for life and hope it doesn’t all fall over. Our recycling area regularly looks Read more…
Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been reading Ready Player One (I haven’t finished it yet, so no spoilers in the comments please!). I’m sure that I’m only one of many people who has decided to pick up a copy, given the current release of its film adaptation in Read more…
On the 14th of February 2018, a student with an AR-15 rifle murdered 17 young people and wounded 17 others at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. This tragedy sent ripples across the whole world, so much so that it has remained a strong talking point months later. Read more…
Yesterday Annie and I went to the cinema to see La La Land. Everyone seemed to be talking about it lately, so we thought we’d better go and check it out. There was a particular line in it which caught my attention. In a scene where the two lead characters Read more…
The last few weeks have been tumultuous for us as a nation. The results of our referendum on EU membership have polarised people, and turned most people on social media into politicians overnight. During the referendum campaign I was very careful not to post about my views on the subject. Read more…
A few weeks ago I wrote a post called “Why Atheism Requires More Faith Than Christianity.” If you missed it, click the link and have a look. In that post I argued that it can require a lot of faith to believe some of the assertions of science regarding the Read more…
I have to admit that this is a post I didn’t expect to be writing. Over the last few weeks – particularly since the US Supreme Court’s decision to legalise gay marriage caused a flurry of articles and blog posts to pop up all over Facebook – I’ve said to Read more…
The news and the Internet have been astir lately over the very public transitioning of the Olympian Bruce Jenner, who is now known as Caitlyn Jenner. There have been a number of responses written about this situation; sadly, not all of them were written with regard to how Jenner (or people Read more…