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After The Burn-Fire
Was the work a prediction of what was to happen having being triggered off by the killing of Mark Duggan on that…
Faded Memory
Memory is a funny beast. How often have you heard someone recalling something from their past, not sure whether or…
Reinvent the Wheel
Reinvent the Wheel
With the end of the NASA shuttle programme, sadly we have seen the end of any serious manned…
How Much is Too Much Texting?
Text messaging has become an unstoppable phenomenon but how much is too much texting? As a media sociologist and…
Official Secrets
When I joined the Royal Air Force one of the first thing's that was required was for me to sign the Official…
Best Before: The Sell-By Date
How many people today throw away perfectly good food products simply because of these two terms, dreamt up by…
What Really Matters
What Really Matters
For me, it's friendship to all and common decency – qualities that sadly get brushed aside…
Help Police! – Sorry we’re Clocking Off
Help Police!
He could hear the cry ringing out. He looked at his watch. Two minutes to clock off. No point in…
Paying Lip Service
While the rest of Europe embraces the Euro, metrification, consensus decisions and looking out for one another,…
Challenge Issued LGBT Group
A somewhat detailed and illicit confidential challenge was received involving moral and ethical considerations…
Write the Wrong
Like a lot of people I have been watching the phone hacking situation unfold. Certain celebrities having their…
Mr.J’s Social Networking Rant
Now I don’t want to go off on a rant here, but from the Facebook user that updates their status to “I’m typing on…
Bear it All
I wanna see an episode of Celebrity Bear Jeopardy because I wanna see how smart the avg bear is. What is Yogi…
The Inexhaustibility of Chess
Certainly, a game featuring a specific number of pieces, which move (although variously in their functions) in a…
Dare To Believe
“Believe in the Lord your God, so shall ye be established, believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.” II…