World and Culture

Are you a European or UK citizen?
I am a UK citizen but never have I felt less so than upon returning to the UK via Heathrow airport. Having spent nearly 2 weeks abroad, returning to the UK should have felt like returning home...
Published: 22-April-2010   43 comments

Why does food aid take so long to distribute?
The disastrous earthquake rocked Haiti a week ago and we still don't know how many Haitians are affected. The problem is the time it has taken for food aid and water to be distributed. How patient do they expect the people to be?
Published: 19-January-2010   22 comments

American English by default
You Americans really have got some nerve haven't you? I'd have thought the name would give an enormous clue as to the origin of the language. How dare you lay claim to our language when you can't even speak it properly.
Published: 28-October-2008   69 comments

British holiday makers in Spain
The typical British holiday maker in Spain, don't they make you just want to cringe? Ordering chips with everything with no attempt made to try a little Spanish, wandering around half naked, white blubber just hanging out.
Published: 30-August-2008   28 comments

Welcome to the US, please be paranoid
We have just come back from staying in Las Vegas for a week. My main gripe is that horrendous Green Card we all have to fill in before landing in the US. Are they really paranoid or what?
Published: 22-April-2008   27 comments

Britain is losing its Britishness
There is a distinct lack of patriotism in this country (some may say with good reason). You can't even compare with how fiercely patriotic American, Australians, South Africans and Scandinavian countries are.
Published: 10-April-2008   98 comments

In search of a more spiritual community
I'm very interested in belonging to a caring, more spiritual community. And by spiritual, I don't mean one wracked by traditional dogma. I don't wear dreadlocks and I don't conform to stereo-typical images of such communities.
Published: 05-February-2008   26 comments

Religious symbols in schools
I'm sick and fed up hearing about religion on the news and in particular, that yet another pupil has been excluded because they felt the need to manifest their religion by wearing some article of clothing or jewellery.
Published: 13-November-2007   132 comments

Britishness not taught to kids
We mustn't teach our kids to be British. How silly is that? Britishness in its original true form has shaped the world for hundreds of years rightly or wrongly, depending on your view.
Published: 11-May-2007   50 comments