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'Politics'

Covid-19: Two Strategies and What Next? (shorter)

2nd May 2020

I recently realised that it’s still about two strategies. Though it’s something I knew at the start of the crisis, I had forgotten it recently, but in discussion of ‘exit strategies’ and hearing an expert talk about coming out of lockdown I was reminded that there are, still, two different strategies available. I wrote this […]

Miscellaneous

“End Credits” by the King Blues – lyrics

3rd April 2020

These are lyrics to the song “End Credits” by The King Blues, which I couldn’t find elsewhere online. I wrote them out and put them on this blog because of this essay and blog post: ’38 Minutes’ by The King Blues, and trying to live one’s fullest life. whooah – ooah ooah – ooh ooh […]

'Politics'

Systemic Change, Not Canned Water, Will Save Us

8th September 2018

Environmentalism has become trendy. Or at least, a certain brand of it, with shiny new products leading on selling points of saving the planet. Some of these are good, like portable coffee cups. Some of these are terrible, misguided ideas which come nowhere near saving the planet. Most recently, I noticed canned water being sold […]

Futurology

Thoughts on the Uber crash

22nd March 2018

The Uber Crash A couple of days ago, an autonomous car run by Uber crashed into and killed someone. This is the first death caused by an autonomous car (I think…). Unsurprisingly, it has generated a lot of discussion. Video available here. I’m writing this because some of the coverage I’ve seen didn’t include what […]

'Politics'

About Einarsson v Iceland: Rape Allegations as Defamation?

16th January 2018

This post discusses rape (and sexual violence) allegations, in light of a recent case which I wrote about. ** A short piece I wrote before Christmas got published a few days ago. It’s on the Oxford Human Rights Hub Blog, and it’s a ‘case comment’, which means it is short and mostly about the facts […]

Exercise/Health/Food

Christmas Eve Fast

24th December 2017

(today I fasted for gratitude and empathy) Today – Christmas Eve, as I write this – I’ve decided to fast. Drinking is allowed, but only if it has no calories – so that’s tea and water for me – and I decided coffee would be cheating a bit too. No food all day though. Actually, […]

'Politics'

Why Tax Dodging is a Human Rights Issue

20th November 2017

I wrote a blog post for Oxfam’s Views and Voices blog about the Human Rights aspects of Tax Dodging. This is both about the connection between them, and also what international human rights law says about it. It may be sort-of obvious that dodging tax is really harmful for people. In ‘developed’ countries we have […]

'Politics'

Basic Income and Human Rights

10th November 2017

Earlier this week I had a piece published on openDemocracy. It’s the first journalistic piece I’ve got published, so I’m proud of that. It came about because I was interested in basic income as a concept, and know a lot about human rights, and realised that there is a good intersection of the two. […]

'Politics'

Impact of Brexit on Equality Rights Report

6th November 2017

I’m a co-author on a report written about Brexit and Equality Rights by the Oxford Human Rights Hub. I was the research assistant so wrote the first drafts of it (which the professors then worked on, so more credit to them!), as well as doing the formatting and sending loads of emails. But many of […]

'Politics'

General Election 2017 Figures

9th June 2017

So, there is lots of commentary on trying to figure out what this all means. Yet most of this is in a very short-term window, discussing the change from either 2015 or from a few months ago. I wanted to figure out what was going on in a way I hadn’t seen elsewhere, my looking […]