Why You Should Care About The AstraZeneca / Pfizer Takeover
The largest ever foreign takeover of a British company looms on the horizon, affecting jobs, research and tax in the UK. The question isn’t will the government do anything about it, but can they?
Ayahuasca: The Powerful Mind-Altering Drug That’s Back In The Headlines
I’d never heard of the ‘mother plant’ until a friend took it nearly two years ago. The extraordinary events that followed compelled me to start researching this mysterious vine and its powerful effects.
The NHS Belongs To Us All & Deserves To Be Treated With Respect
NHS funding issues are in the news again with Labour examining ring fenced NI contribution increases. The question is, how much longer can we sustain our health service, and in what form?
Human Error: Why Do We Find It So Difficult To Think Logically When It Matters?
Despite priding ourselves on our capacity for reason and logical thought, humans can be pretty stupid animals sometimes, and the consequences could prove to be disastrous…
Ageing In The 21st Century: Does Anybody Really Know How Old They Are?
As age boundaries blur, are ‘trendy dads’ and mutton dressed as lamb doomed to be consigned to the past, or is it all just in the mind?
MPs To Get 11% Rise: When Will People Realise We Pay Monkeys & Get Peanuts
The core motivations of our MPs should be broader than lobbying, getting paid or their nest eggs, things which seem to be growing priorities to a lot of MPs judging by further pay revelations…
Let’s Hear It For Hardware Staff
If you want your faith in humanity restored, visit a hardware store.
The Perilous Journey of a “Free Energy” Inventor
There are many events or discoveries that could have a big impact, but few with the potential to transform our existence like the discovery of free energy…
The Tyrants of Technology: How Apple Broke My Heart
Attacking anyone who criticises them and coercing us into their new products, Apple have become tyrants of the technology world. It’s a new charger and another little heartbreak in my relationship with them…