I think it’s quite safe to say that the European and local government elections last week did not go well for the government. It comes as little surprise given the popularity of the current...
This excerpt is published with permission from Roast Books. The Profit is inspired by an oft-quoted work by Kahlil Gibran and concerns the erudition and sagacity of one Piers Black, "revered by men...
"The Damned, In the Heart of Ice" is the previous installment of Chloe Bradshaw's saga. “How did you think it would end up?” I ask my enemy, my brother. “I asked my people to warn you. I...
From reading this week’s headlines, you might assume that Susan Boyle is at the center of a terrible scandal. U.K. and U.S. reporters alike seem to fear that the enormously popular Britain’s Got...
One might be forgiven for imagining that there is nothing new about an edition of unpublished work by J.R.R. Tolkien. Since his father's death in 1973, Christopher Tolkien has released The...
A recent BBC programme, ‘The Trouble with Working Women,' aimed to explore the growing pay gap, managing motherhood and work (I say motherhood, as fathers were barely mentioned) and the problems...
Author's note: The Saxon referred to in the fourth stanza is the anonymous author of the Anglo-Saxon elegy known to us as The Seafarer. It almost certainly wasn't written anywhere near Exmouth (my...
"The Damned, To the South" is the previous installment of Chloe Bradshaw's saga. I remember Antarctica as a desolate place, and also the most beautiful. The sun shines down upon the five of us as we...
The U.K. has a rape conviction rate of 6%. According to the Campaign to End Rape, in 2003/04 " ver two-thirds of cases dropped out at the police stage and did not make it as far as the courts", "...
Freedom of expression is a fickle beast; inherently crucial in our society, it is equally capable of damage if misinterpreted or yielded by individuals whose intentions are less wholesome. During my...