Wow – can you believe we are in the final month of 2021? What a strange and disjointed this year has been. Riding on the coattails of 2020’s lockdowns, we are still very much feeling the effects that covid-19 has brought. Only now are we truly seeing economic and...

With the big day just around the corner, I want to take the opportunity to talk about Present pressure at Christmas. Christmas is a time for joy and celebration, especially this year now that we are getting back to normality. We all perceive the idea of Christmas around...

Regular readers in this United Plandom will know that from time to time, this Philosopher-In-Residence likes to run a themed blog series. As the big 4-0 approaches, my latest series is a sequence of letters to my younger self, framed around some Make Me A Plan-style...

Last week Facebook changed their organisation’s name to Meta. While this may not seem like a big deal to most of us (their social platforms that include Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp will all keep their names), this is a big thing for an organisation to do. First of...

I’m hoping that it hasn’t escaped your attentions that October is Black History Month.    Black History Month is held every October in Britain and commemorates the history, achievements and contributions of Black people in the UK.    So in...