The people of the UK often peer across the pond at our American cousins and wonder why so many are attached to their political party.Are you not tired with your two party system which serves to rule and divide you?The British people have been in a state of apathy towards politics for years. We’d never […]
Western Privilege: Does A Fish Need A Passport.
recently wrote about the consequences of my country’s quest for world dominion under their patriarchal system of rule in a post, I’m British & White. I Apologise For My Country In Every Land I Roam, Western privilege is one of the consequences that still plays out today. Western privilege is a subject that doesn’t receive a […]
Magpie Culture: Why We Need To Let Go Of Our Hoarding Ways.
We had a crisis of epic proportions on our hands. Humanity was under siege like never before. Our very ways of living were under threat. Yes, we had a pandemic of greedy hoarders, fearful they might run out of toilet paper to wipe their selfish little bottoms with. Seriously. All jokes aside, the coronavirus that […]
What The Camino De Santiago Can Teach Us About The Homeless.
I remember the first time I fully understood that some people didn’t have a home. While on holiday on the Costa Brava in northern Spain as a child, we’d taken a day trip to Barcelona. I saw a man asleep on a cardboard box on the pavement. My nine-year-old brain couldn’t fathom out why he […]
We Need To Talk About Western Privilege.
As the world continues to shift and slide, as long-standing issues come to the surface to be healed and released, the current global crisis relating to racism should hopefully lead society to tackle other important issues. Western privilege is one of them. For those of you fighting the good fight against privilege, have you considered […]
I’m British & White. I Apologise For My Country In Every Land I Roam
As you will see from the title of the piece, I am a white, British citizen, which means that I belong to a nation with a history of colonising vast areas of the world during the time when we were known as the British Empire. With a natural curiosity for history and culture, I have […]