Jerusalem Trip: Prologue

Shabbat shalom! Over the next few days I’m going to be blogging about my little suare to the holy lands as it happens so thought I’d write a nice little introduction. I’m currently sitting in the bar of the Ibis hotel Luton airport, which is a nice...

Violence in Video Games

The following is an open letter aimed at the MP’s who are signatories to Early Day Motion 2427 – Call of Duty 3, tabled by Keith Vaz. It is particularly aimed at Mr Vaz and Martin Caton (MP for Gower) as I live within his constituency. Dear sirs, Can I...

Protected: A haunting time

We all know that I’m a pretty big sceptic when it comes to the paranormal. I don’t believe in spirits or contact with the dead and I think that in the unlikely event ghosts exist they are inanimate recordings on an environment, but I’m even pretty...

Britain stands on a knife edge

This last week has been both disturbing and illuminating. A week ago no one could have foreseen the chaos and destructive force that has hit Britain as thousands of citizens rioted, rampaged and looted. The media and politicians have all commented on the cause of the...

Ireland Trip

Just got back from a trip to Ireland. Myself and my family (and my sisters friend Lauren) spent a week in a cottage near Eyeries (a very small and pretty village, filled with multicoloured houses). I say near, the house was 4 miles away, and that small village was the...

Jack the Ripper and Me

Over the last few weeks I have been asked several times about my interest in Jack the Ripper. This has mostly been because of family members mentioning it to a third party (normally over a meal…) and then being quizzed on it. I have often found that when someone...