It was in the winter of 1967 when a young, bespectacled boy named Steven Shepherd left his home and walked…
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Meritocratic Society or Politics in Play? On the 12th of September 2016, PM Theresa May unveiled plans to lift the…
Playboy: /ˈplāˌboi/ noun noun: playboy; plural noun: playboys A wealthy man who spends his time enjoying himself, especially one who…
Refugees welcome here! The Guardian newspaper recently ran a story about the Reverend Sally Smith,[i] a vicar from Stoke-on-Trent, hailing…
Hands up if you feel like the world is about to end at any minute. Worry not, you are probably…
Procrastination is the result of a “domino effect”. Imagine you wish to build a house. However, you constantly wonder what…
Finding our tribe in a modern world: Questions on belonging Growing up in London, I felt fairly proud that I…
ʿUmar b. Al-Khaṭṭāb (raḍiy Allāhu ʿanhu) once met a man with a protruding stomach. When he questioned about it he…
The humble toilet; a place of privacy, a place of personal grooming, and a place to relieve yourself. Well, not…
Few would have anticipated that a sunny Saturday afternoon in Sheffield in 1989 would have ended in English football’s greatest…
