The outer and inner narrativeHow does one quickly evaluate the honesty, credibility and the respectability of a cause, movement or organisation? One simple way is to…Jan 13Jan 13
Individual and collective responsibilityHow do we view people significantly unlike us? As individuals or as a ‘they’, an amorphous homogeneous collective? And how do we respond…Jan 5Jan 5
LeftwashingI watched ‘Maestro’, the recent film about the life of the great American conductor Leonard Bernstein and his wife, Felicia Montealegre…Dec 25, 2023Dec 25, 2023
The politics of risk“The nature of prejudice is to seek out the extreme and the hypothetical and use it to tar an entire minority in order to lay the…Dec 5, 2022Dec 5, 2022
Gender critical beliefs — a jargon-buster.Gender Critical (GC) feminists are essentialists, viewing sex as a binary, rejecting the view that gender identity exists, describing…Dec 2, 2022Dec 2, 2022
The Ukrainian Patriotic WarToday is Victory Day in Russia, a time to remember the past. For the last two months, I wondered what previous conflicts to compare the…May 9, 2022May 9, 2022
Ukraine — the siege of MariupolThis is Ukraine’s Blitz. Failing to secure a military victory on the ground, Putin is resorting to indiscriminate bombing — much like…Mar 21, 2022Mar 21, 2022
Ukraine — a week laterThe nightmare continues. The unthinkable is becoming real. The unlikely is becoming the expected. The shocking is becoming the everyday…Mar 7, 2022Mar 7, 2022
