The cessation of virtue

With the now ubiquitous use of social media, we have come to democratise our ethics and publicise our convictions on … More

Barbed wire boy

I went to an all boys high school (comprehensive) in 1980s/90s Northern Ireland, a place where a friend’s mother bluntly … More

The creative output of comedian, writer, director and actor Ricky Gervais is always worthy of some consideration. His past successes … More

When postmodernism was at the height of its powers many of us feared that a loss of meaning would lead … More

It seems that in our present cultural moment many, if not most, things are filtered by ‘left’ and right’, and … More