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Social Affairs: Parents and Social Media Misuse
In my last column I made the point that there are many dangers in everyday life, and I was also critical of parents who do not adequately...
Social Affairs: The Danger of Media Misuse
Last year (In defence of Social Media, Amazon and the Rest, 6 August, 2018) I wrote in support of social media, like Facebook and...
Social Affairs: Blame the Oldies
It is sometimes quite striking how different opinions can often have common threads running throughout them; threads that despite...
Social Affairs: Vote - lest it be taken from you
Whether we like it or not, whether we are tired of it until our brains hurt or not, Brexit is going to dominate life in the UK for a...
Politics: Rightism or Leftism – Is There a Difference?
One of the banner headlines that caught the eye last week suggested that, should the UK not leave the EU, the Far Right will rise...
Life: Throwaway singles
Much has been made recently over the way in which some everyday household items, including vacuum cleaners, cookers and the like, are...
Social Affairs: Dronemania
News that a drone had been sighted over London Heathrow, resulting in aircraft movements being halted for an hour, undoubtedly brought...
Social Affairs Today’s UK: Nanny State or Brutal Dictatorship?
Every year the same routine arises in January. Most people (not all, but many of us) use the time of year to make ‘New Year Resolutions’...
Life: Pause and Reflect
Did you know that Friday December 21, 2018, marked the last cartoon penned by Stan McMurty, otherwise known as ‘Mac’ of the Daily Mail?...
Social Affairs: Logan’s Run is Coming
I have been known from time to time to make a couple of rather cryptic references to something called ‘Logan’s Run’ and said that it is...
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