What does Eurovision tell us about Europe's longings and beliefs?

It was announced this week that Tate and Lyle are changing the branding of their golden syrup on much of their packaging. The story was...

Many doubt the mighty, Suspecting those above And all authority, Not knowing perfect love. Hearts reject submission For fear of dire...

On the homeward leg of the school run I usually listen to the Today programme on BBC Radio 4. This week (on Tuesday 13th June 2023),...

Just three years and four months ago (on 7th February 2020), a tearful Phillip Schofield ‘came out’ as homosexual on ‘This Morning’ – the...

Headlines including the phrase “three-parent-baby” have appeared in the UK press this week after a report in the Guardian newspaper. [i]...

* WARNING – CONTAINS SPOILERS * Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature at this year’s Academy Awards. It...

“Cancel culture” is one of the buzzwords of the last few years. In my experience, it has generally been used by people concerned about...

Can a leader hold (or express) personal convictions counter to the position of the body he or she leads and still be trusted to lead?...

Regular readers of this blog will know I am often confused about the apparent contradictions between news stories. Here is another one....

UK Headlines over the last couple of days have been dominated by the story of Isla Bryson, a Scottish person identifying as a...

Today is Friday the 13th, counted by some as the unluckiest day of the year. These superstitious types may be glad to get this day out of...

Recent headlines in the UK have been dominated by strike action across multiple sectors. Transport workers, barristers, postal workers,...

One of this week’s major news stories in the UK has been the interaction between Lady Susan Hussey – an 83-year-old long-standing member...

I met a friend for coffee this morning. During the conversation, he told me about an experience this week when a family member brought...

Please note – this post is deliberately provocative – please read to the end before getting too annoyed with anything I say in it. In a...

This week I joined Esther Higham on her Inspirational Breakfast show on Premier Radio for the ‘news review’ segment. As first time...

One of the big news stories in Northern Ireland this week was that the Census 2021 figures reveal that, for the first time since the...

Have you ever been falsely accused? I suppose if you’re old enough to read this post, you almost certainly have been. Maybe only in small...

In recent weeks the news has been full of gloomy predictions about what lies in store for the people of the UK over coming months. The...