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Where are we now?

Posted on 15/01/2016 by stewculbard

This was the week in which one of the most influential musicians of his era, David Bowie, died from cancer at the age of 69. Following a heart attack in 2014, Bowie had more or less disappeared from live performance … Continue reading →

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The state we are in

Posted on 22/12/2015 by stewculbard

The state is the United Kingdom, but what is the state of the UK? The daily tabloid newspapers recently carried the story of how Charles Windsor has been covertly receiving top-secret Cabinet papers for decades. Following a Freedom of Information … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged accountability, constant change, constitutional democracy, economic regeneration, European Community, greatness, LEA, lobbying, northern powerhouse, press barons, public policy, Republic, secrecy | Leave a comment

Facing the challenges of the modern world

Posted on 02/12/2015 by stewculbard

As this article is being written, the British House of Commons is debating the matter of whether or not the UK should join with other nations in bombing the so-called “Islamic State” (ISIS) in Syria. The debate has been called … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged consent, freedoms, human rights, ideology, intelligence, ISIS, Islamic State, law strategy, modern, terror, terrorists, war | Leave a comment

Pointing forward to the future

Posted on 11/11/2015 by stewculbard

Today, 11th November, 2015, the citizens of the nations that compose the United Kingdom observe Armistice Day. This is an annual commemoration to mark the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiegne, France, for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ancient, armistice, Catalhoyuk, civilisation, culture, Gallipoli, Islam, Istanbul, language, modern, Ottomans, Turkey, wars | Leave a comment

Dignity in dying

Posted on 05/10/2015 by stewculbard

“Assisted dying is the equivalent of a zero-hours contract with life”. This was the bold heading for a recent article by Dr Giles Fraser in his “Loose Canon” column for the Saturday Guardian. Giles Fraser is a former Canon Chancellor … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged abortion, assisted dying, cultural, death, dignity, economic, existential, healthcare, humanitarian, ideology, parish priest, pro-choice, social, suffering, suicide, The Assisted Dying Bill, theological, utilitarian, virtues, zero-hours contract | Leave a comment

Let go! Let go! You’ll hardly notice the drop

Posted on 14/09/2015 by stewculbard

(The third in a series of three articles focusing on aspects of contemporary religion) In the second of this series of three articles on aspects of contemporary religion (see Winds that blow, 02.09.15) I concluded with the view that the … Continue reading →

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Heirs and graces

Posted on 08/09/2015 by stewculbard

During the past year or so Gordon Brown, the former leader of the British Labour Party, has been in the headlines. The first occasion was in August of last year, when he broke nearly four years of political silence to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged alliance, election, founder, heirs, hero, Keir Hardie, Labour Party, leadership, pacifist, popular support, power, principles, republican, socialism | Leave a comment

Winds that blow

Posted on 02/09/2015 by stewculbard

(The second in a series of three articles focusing on aspects of contemporary religion) I recently tuned-in to an episode of the BBC Television programme “Sunday Morning Live – religious, moral and ethical questions”. I squirmed as I listened to … Continue reading →

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As time goes by

Posted on 24/08/2015 by stewculbard

The present UK Conservative government has just registered its first 100 days of government in the new parliament. Whilst much of the political attention during that time has been devoted to the ongoing saga of the Labour Party’s leadership battle, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged achievements, Conservatives, elections, governance, government, human rights, ideology, Labour Party, leadership, left wing, myth, New Labour, paradigm shift, reform, voting system, workers, world-makers, young people | Leave a comment

A strange glimmer of hope

Posted on 17/08/2015 by stewculbard

(The first in a series of three articles focusing on aspects of contemporary religion) Recently, I was captivated by reading the comments of someone who had re-read George Eliot’s Middlemarch: “But in revisiting Middlemarch in middle age, the melancholy I … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged doubt, ethics, hope, human rights, ideas, intentions, limitations, meaning, non-realist, phenomenology, philosophy, realist, Sea of Faith | Leave a comment

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