Archive - ‘Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say’

‘Collective Guilt’ - who is guilty?

In the now 6 month long brutal war in Gaza, itself the latest manifestation of an over 75 year conflict of peoples, the concept of ‘collective…

Apr 23 •

For ‘cultural Christians’ Easter has become as hollow as a chocolate egg.

This year Easter has taken centre stage in what some see as a 21st century Battle for Britain. Many on the Left speak of the ‘culture wars’, growing…

Apr 1 •

March 2024

Going psycho - Nottingham killer Valdo Calocane shows us that ‘mental health awareness’ has damaged the understanding of mental illness and…

Preface: Apologies for a lengthy absence from publishing! The fact it’s taken me several months to finish this substack article actually illustrates one…

Mar 18 •

January 2024

What is it to be British or English?

The truly patriotic must reject ethno nationalism

Jan 18 •

October 2023

Born on the Wrong Side

How should we view ‘the enemy’?

Oct 21, 2023 •

September 2023

Russell Brand: Less #MeToo, more #WhyNow?

I met Russell Brand fleetingly around 2007. It wasn’t impactful enough for me to even be sure of the year! But it was definitely while I was doing my…

Sep 19, 2023 •

Benefits scroungers or the deserving sick and disabled?

Beware divisive, oversimplified media narratives

Sep 17, 2023 •

July 2023

The new ‘traditional conservatives’ and trans activists are wrong about women in a very similar way.

I think I’m far from alone in being utterly baffled that the most controversial, divisive and aggressively contested question of our age has become…

Jul 25, 2023 •

How do we value a life?

Notes from an unproductive human

Jul 7, 2023 •

May 2023

The basic Christian message causes social media outrage

Piers Morgan’s interview with sacked teacher Joshua Sutcliffe exposes widespread ignorance of Christian teaching.

May 30, 2023 •

What’s the point of the NHS if its emergency departments don’t treat all medical emergencies?

An increasing number of people are having their NHS rose tinted spectacles smashed into painful fragments. Trusting that the doctor and the system he or…

May 24, 2023 •

The NHS has been repeatedly exposed as covering up endemic negligence and abuse in mental healthcare. Where is the outrage?

In the same week that debate over the Home Secretary’s remarks on the ‘grooming gangs scandal’ filled social media and the news another abuse scandal of…

May 1, 2023 •

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