Labouring under a Delusion

Today is the first day in years that I've had an entire day to myself. My son is away for the day and night with Beavers, and I had an e...

Health Secretary Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP  recently articulated  his support for compulsory vaccinations . He commented that there is a 'v...

People have made a claim in recent years that no one should ask a woman whether she has children, whether she's planning on having (mo...

In many cultures, it is common for parents to pierce the ears of newborn baby girls. This practice is very ethnocentric, meaning that it is ...

As I write this, it's been 3 years since the Brexit referendum, and a week since Boris Johnson became Prime Minister of the UK. It seem...

Plenty of things are described as sacred: buildings, natural sites, books, objects, maybe even people. I don't profess to be an expert o...

Philosophy is my life, and I love it. But not everyone really knows what it is (this includes my immediate family, best friends, and seeming...