by David West | Apr 29, 2023 | News
Colin Bloom led a review into government’s relationship with religious faiths. The government recently published his report Does government ‘do God?’ Bloom divides the population into true believers, non-believers, and make-believers. The clarity of the first two...
by David West | Apr 25, 2023 | News
Is there a difference between anti-semitism and racism? The Labour Party have suspended Diane Abbot as an MP following her comments in a letter to the Observer. She wrote that Irish, Jewish and Traveller people “undoubtedly experience prejudice”, which she said...
by David West | Apr 24, 2023 | News
Why seven best quotes on writing? My publicist Brian Feinblum posted some advice on blog posts for selling books today. He says you have to have a catchy title like seven best, 6 ways to, 9 benefits of, etc. I thought I’d try following his advice, so here goes. I’ve...
by David West | Apr 23, 2023 | News
Brian Boru defeated the Vikings in Ireland on this day in 1014 at the Battle of Clontarf. It must have been quite a battle because all the leaders died. It wasn’t simply a battle between the Irish and the Vikings, because the Vikings were allied to the Irish king of...
by David West | Apr 21, 2023 | News
Dominic Raab has been found to have engaged in bullying as a minister and has resigned. He seems to have some issues with the definition of bullying. As a writer, I always reach for the Oxford English Dictionary when a definition is required. The OED says that a bully...
