I have recently written two posts on religion; one dealing with Islam, the other with the Roman Catholic flavour of Christianity. I wonder if there is a contradiction between the positions I advance. In the former case, I argue for an individualistic freedom, saying that people should be able to wear what they want. In [...]

I have a strange relationship with Maggie. I don’t really remember the Thatcher days for two good reasons. One, I was born in the early eighties and was far too young to have any cognisance of politics and, two, I spent the first few years of my life in Brazil. Nevertheless, it seems she has [...]

Ewan Watt asks me what I think about military uniforms being worn in public by service personnel and, more particularly, the instruction to troops of a RAF station commander not to wear uniform in town. Remarkably, this issue has affected me; at school, we weren’t allowed to wear CCF uniforms in the minibus if we [...]

There’s talk at the moment of a ‘pay as you throw’ system for charging for rubbish collections to reduce the amount we produce. Can anyone tell me how this would work in a block of flats (such as mine) where there is a communal rubbish chute? xD.

Does anyone know where I can find a map of the UK parliamentary constituencies with the changes for the next General Election (including new or revived seats like Westminster North)? xD. Update 1600: thanks to Luke Akehurst for emailing me links to the maps I’m after. Map to come after a period of geekery on [...]