News that the fabled Monty Python team were re-assembling for a final assault on our funny bones for one last hurrah sent me scurrying for my collection of old Python albums. Naturally, at two million quid per ticket (I’m exaggerating for comedic effect) I didn’t attend any of their performances, […]

Slavery was one of world’s biggest shames. Something that is rarely discussed anymore because we hold it as a thing of the past; but is it really a thing of the past? How free are we actually today? Who can honestly say “I am a free man” without stopping for […]

The weightiest of the arguments against God’s existence is the problem of evil. There are many different responses to the problem of evil. None of them is entirely satisfactory alone but together they do cast doubt on whether the existence of evil disproves the claim that God exists. In brief, […]

What comes to mind when you hear the word fundraising? Time and time again, I find myself approached by various charitable institutions for money, but am rarely given a chance to truly feel involvement in the donation. Do I even get the chance to care – or is a signed check […]

When Neil Armstrong stepped onto the lunar surface at 02:56 UTC on 21st July 1969, it was the culmination of a decade of work by some of the brightest minds in the world spearheading the Apollo project. We know much about the men who made this most historic of journeys […]

Renowned Spanish cyclist and multiple Grand Tour winner Alberto Contador dies at home in Pinto, Spain. It is a beautiful sun soaked day in July 2009. Spectators crowd a long, fiercely steep road that leads to the top of the Verbier. A mountain of epic proportions located in the Swiss […]

Age of Conquerors takes a look of the life and times of Temujin, the boy who would grow up to become Genghis Khan and conquer most of the world. Birth of a Conqueror Temujin, the man who would become Genghis Khan and conquer most of the known world, was born […]

Making a will is a big endeavour, but it is also extremely important. It is not a process that should be left to the last minute, as an unfortunate circumstance could mean that your loved ones are without instruction. While it’s true that a simple document written out and notarized […]