An alternative take on the week's news
Last Wednesday, I started the soon to be famous weekly post, Happy Wednesday. The premise is simple: the news is often bad, and we need to balance it out with helpings of the good things going on in the world. And as you'll see below, there are lots of good things happening this week. Thai football... Continue Reading →
I have not seen a second of Love Island. I can't say the same about many of the people I follow on Twitter, who seem to be split into two groups: those that are watching Love Island and those that can't believe how many people on Twitter are watching Love Island. You could not get me to watch a program... Continue Reading →
The dream opens in the year 2025. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has just been sworn in as the first female and Latina President of the United States. Her campaign ran on a platform of fixing the economy. Her common-sense reform of the tax code, combined with closing tax loopholes, was seen by the American voters as likely... Continue Reading →
I spent two glorious weeks earlier this month taking my four nephews, aged 6-11, to school. The eldest one is in year 6 and is looking forward to going to secondary school. The school that he is going to is a well thought of comprehensive school which is over-subscribed. From September, It will also close... Continue Reading →
"I see that there are many young people here; as an old man, a little advice... Life can set us a lot of snares, a lot of bumps, we can fail a thousand times, in life, in love, in the social struggle, but if we search for it we'll have the strength to get up... Continue Reading →
The Black Unicorn 