As news reports are coming in thick and fast from around the world, and do seem to be supported by mainstream sources, it now appears that an important worldwide event has occurred. A rather odd creature, the once numerous ‘Thickus…
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Over the last few days, I have been looking for references which illustrate why so many people, both online and in the real world, appear to exhibit behaviour which is best described as a type of ‘madness.’ This madness, akin…
18 CommentsOver the last few weeks and certainly more noticeably over the Christmas and New Year period, a mass-mailer appears to have been circulated to what must be thousands of personal email accounts. Around a dozen of these emails have been…
17 CommentsBy John Avery We know that war is madness, but it persists. We know that it threatens the survival of our species, but it persists, entrenched in the attitudes of historians, newspaper editors and television producers, entrenched in the methods…
13 CommentsFrom ‘tripping over a croquet hoop’, getting bitten by ‘ferrets and fish’, getting ‘hit in the eye by ammonia stoppers’ to receiving a head injury caused by a ‘falling box of bacon’. These are only a few examples of insurance…
2 CommentsThere are times when it’s almost impossible to use the truth alone to crack a lie, even an obvious one, head-on. You have to try and get behind it, to try and fight it in a different way. When it…
2 Comments“O, what a tangled web we weave when we practice to deceive”– Sir Walter Scott. It has been 34 years since I spent any time at the ‘Big House’ and after all the accusations, the investigations, the enquiries, the seemingly…
5 CommentsI do not normally write about religion, unless it is to highlight the hypocrisy and the atrocities committed in it’s name. However, recently it has been brought to my attention that a number of people who are attacking CSA survivors…
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