Twisted Tongues
In a world where instant gratification is too long a wait for many, there has been an arms race in unrealistic language learning expectations.
Language
Environment, Population
Mankind: More Man, Less Kind
Homo Sapiens arrived late on the scene in the already long and well established drama of life on planet Earth. Centre stage was held by fierce carnivores, red in tooth and claw.
Religion, Science
Creation Myths and Cosmic Realities
For the first 300,000 years of human existence, our known universe extended as far as the horizon visible from the furthest point our legs could carry us, bounded by the stretch of sky above us.
History, Population
Loughborough Fair
On the second weekend of November, the entire centre of our hometown, Loughborough, is subsumed by the annual fair. It began in 1221 as a livestock and hiring fair, and it has been held every year since,
Politics
The Triumph of Hate
In 2016, American blue-collar workers felt forgotten, abandoned, and ready to try something radical. Bernie Sanders, a lifelong advocate for workers’ rights, energised young Americans more than any politician since the ’60s. But, unsurprisingly, the Establishment Democrats sidelined him, opting instead for the more Wall-Street-friendly and seemingly “safer” Hillary Clinton.
Politics
Election Turnout
Voting is now underway in the U.S. presidential election, and its outcome seems to be a coin toss.
As recently as a week ago, the best-informed analysts’ predictions were for a probable Electoral College landslide for one of the candidates. They just couldn’t say which one!
