Jonathan Clatworthy
July 31, 2020
As the lockdown eases up, the remaining restrictions still generate anger. What right has the Government got to take away our freedoms? Why shouldn’t I decide […]
July 21, 2020
Earlier this month the UK Court of Appeal agreed to hear Chris Packham’s legal case against the planned HS2 railway. As one would expect from him, […]
July 8, 2020
Lockdown restricts our freedom. We like freedom, and want it back. But what for? The governments most strongly committed to economic ‘liberalism’, like the USA and […]
June 25, 2020
I’ve just been corresponding with someone who believes in astrology. This post asks about its scientific credentials. In an earlier post I described an experience back […]
June 17, 2020
Should we pull down statues of slave traders? Statues to individuals are erected to honour them. They express the values of the people who put them […]
June 6, 2020
Racism is more than murder… and George Floyd is more than a hashtag. So writes Chris Kimbangi, adding that many black, Asian and minority ethnic people […]
May 30, 2020
Dominic Cummings’ trip to Durham has become big news. When law-makers break their own laws, fury results – especially from people who have struggled to obey […]
May 22, 2020
Coronavirus has generated a lot of talk about going back to ‘normal’, and whether we have learned a thing or two about the pros and cons […]
May 4, 2020
How we wish the world was different! But how much of our wishing comes from self-centredness? I recently posted on the limits to human knowledge. This […]