Editorials

I gave up sending Christmas cards years ago. At the time I claimed an environmental stance but really it was more to do with cards being one of too many things to do, and besides nobody would notice. I was Read more »

Christmas might be a time of good will, but it also has its fair share of strange tradition and quite wacky customs. One that always draws a smile is a custom in Caracas, Venezuela. On going to bed on Christmas Read more »

Interviewed by Chris Anderson for a Ted Talk, the journalist and broadcaster, Christiane Amanpour, recalled her first reaction to the ‘internet superhighway’. She had hoped that the advent of a new and widely available method of communication might make the Read more »

I looked up the definition of ‘internet troll’ recently, (people who post inflammatory or hateful comments online) after the Electoral Commission suggested that banning them from voting could help reduce the amount of abuse faced by politicians. The commission’s comments Read more »

School days are mostly a distant memory for me but just like recollections of adolescence, there are still moments that come back to either haunt or amuse me. For example—although I enjoyed it—I can remember rugby training on rock-solid, frozen Read more »

In one of his TED talks, author and speaker on education, Sir Ken Robinson, quotes philosopher Jeremy Bentham saying, ‘There are two types of people in this world: those who divide the world into two types and those who do Read more »

In the aftermath of tragic events like the recent bombing in Manchester, newspapers, television and websites are filled with stories of horror and pain, as well as messages of hope, care and sympathy. Readers are drawn to words, photographs and Read more »

For a very brief moment the words ‘snap election’ seemed to take over from ‘fake news’ as the most common phrase across all media last week. It didn’t last long though, and with so many other words, phrases and terms Read more »

Despite a lifelong interest in sport and an enthusiasm for international competition, be it rugby, football, tennis, Olympics or even the ‘Sport of Kings’, I was surprised at my level of excitement to find out the result of an altogether Read more »

Echoing the theory expounded by Ray Kurzweil in his book, The Singularity is Near, Microsoft’s Bill Gates recently pointed out that change in the coming decades will come faster than the automation that transformed production lines during the 20th century. Read more »