Life
Stop moaning about homelessness, you’re ruining my Christmas!
It's the most wonderful time of the year. Or is it? It has become fashionable to moan about the forced jollity and consumerism of Christmas, but isn't that just as much a capitulation to the marketers' dreams? What if Christmas, perhaps...means a little bit more?
7% of people think it’s okay to kill you
A recent survey found that six of the Bible’s ten commandments are still considered ‘important principles to live by’ by more than half the population. That’s not bad for a bunch of rules laid down 3,500 years ago. But which ones didn’t make the cut, and why is that a problem?
London’s greatest threat
Forget all the big health scares of recent decades. One widespread epidemic is on the rise that threatens many of us – especially in London – and we're largely unaware.
Why is everyone trying to ruin my commute?
Rants about cyclists, sweaty tube carriages and oblivious pedestrians are easy to orchestrate. But here's the reality few Londoners are willing to acknowledge...
Guns and the price of freedom
As America reels after another mass shooting, and people around the world ask why they don't impose stricter gun laws, Jennie Pollock looks at why they don't, and how we're all really the same at heart.
Money, money, money
Money makes the world go round.’ So sang Liza Minelli in the 1970s hit Cabaret. When we get down to it, many of us measure our life, our happiness and even our future prospects by our wealth. Why is money so important to us?
Confessions of a 26-year-old virgin
This guy claims to have found something better than sex! Joker. But seriously, is he right?
The wanton act of reading in bed
Community is hard. But have you ever noticed how the hardest things are often the most rewarding?
My struggle with an eating disorder
This is the story of my experience of an eating disorder. I wanted to share it because I think eating disorders — of varying types and degrees — are so prevalent in our society. My own journey was one of striving for something that would prove my value in comparison to others.