What if by (trying to) criminalise more (ordinary) people in the west, you’re losing support for your cause in already tolerant societies? https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/comment/lets-not-expand-hate-crime-even-further-cszz7zx28

‘87% of Amer...

In the parable of five loaves and two fishes, Jesus feeds five thousand people. We only have four people in our house, but we managed to use five loaves from a Betty’s bread box and five cheeses from a Pong subscription box to make nine meals (or...

In the 1940s and 50s, Abraham Maslow came up with a theory about what motivates humans. Basic needs—food, water, security—come before higher order needs—friendship, accomplishment, creativity. Most days I feel I’m juggling all of these needs: mak...

Sigfried Sassoon was always my favourite war poet, but on my walks I keep walking past Wilfred Owen's house.

At school we studied (a lot) about Wilfred Owen. And when I was studying stylistics, I found a great course at the University of L...

In an attempt to be productive and healthy during the lockdown, I started studying an online iPhone photography class. Since coming home, I've been doing a lot of walking, and it turns out that walking is not only good for health, but also helpfu...

Rabbits are famous for two things: fecundity and a love of lettuce. While these two ideas are not commonly linked in modern times, that has not always been the case.

Symbols of modernity might more commonly be morbidly obese people eating ultra...