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'Politics'

Corrupt Politicians, or Corrupt Politics?

10th April 2014

Maria Miller Facts: Maria Miller has now resigned, following an allegation of dodgy expenses from a Labour MP. She was initially told to repay £45,000 by the independent Parliamentary Commissioner, but this was later changed to £5,000 by the a committee of MPs which has ultimate responsibility. As well as the excessive claim, she was […]

Travel Blogs

Travel Blog 3, part i

7th April 2014

Travel Blog 3 is about what I did during five weeks of my Semesterferien (non-term-time, it doesn’t seem right to call them “holidays” anymore); even though I was in England it still felt like travelling because I only spend 5 nights at home over three different parts, and I was living out of my backpack […]

Miscellaneous

A Tension in Modern Life

6th February 2014

Humans as a species have been around for quite some time. Now sure, in the grand scheme of the universe it’s barely noticeable, but compared to how long our individual lives are, it’s a pretty long time. A quick glance at wikipedia suggests between fifty and a hundred thousand years ago (and former humanoid things […]

Life Philosophy

Facing a Fear

22nd January 2014

This post is my attempt to explain one of my parkour experiences with words, to try and convey what goes on inside my head when I did a particular jump. Standing two metres high on top of a wall, I glance down to the ground below me, and then rub my hands on my thighs […]

Life Philosophy

New Year II: Resolution and Resolutions

19th January 2014

The second of my new years thoughts and posts, this one about my resolution, albeit in a slightly detailed and roundabout way. The previous post had the conclusion of “we should make the most of our life”, and this post deals with a particular way I do that. It’s that time of year when people […]

Life Philosophy

New Year I: Make the Most of Life

12th January 2014

This post isn’t about New Year’s Resolutions, or even particularly New Year itself but as it’s that time of year and fits with the theme, I’m making a connection. The point of this post is to talk about living: not the passive, heart ticking and breathing sort of living, but the active alive sort of […]

Life Philosophy

“And you always fear what you don’t understand” – A Post to Encourage Open-Mindedness

16th December 2013

Batman Begins and The Dark Knight are two of my all-time favourite films, and though far from perfect there are quite a few great scenes, one of which I have in mind as an introduction for this post. The scene is near the start of Batman Begins and Bruce Wayne (Batman) goes to Falcone’s (the […]

'Politics'

The Hypocrisy of America

13th December 2013

Recently, some protesters in Ukraine have been on the streets in a show of force in favour of greater political alignment with Europe, instead of Russia. Their government is currently torn between the two: geographically situated between Europe and Russia, they have a choice between the two for trade agreements and international funding (such as […]

Thoughts on Current Affairs

Thoughts on Current Affairs 3/12/12

3rd December 2013

In which I put some thoughts down about things I’ve seen in the news recently. News is often about spin and spectacle and superficiality and lacking in substance, hopefully this is slightly better. Tom Daley ‘out’ Video Tom Daley has made a youtube video in which he announces he’s in a relationship […]

Society/Culture

Why I’m Glad I’m Not a Woman

26th November 2013

In which I talk about why I am glad I am not a woman. To start with, there’s a few little reasons why I think being male is better. Going to the toilet is more convenient; having to make less effort in my appearance is easier (though I should definitely make more anyway); and not […]