Challenging Our Fatalistic Addiction to Safety
From The Paris Institute https://parisinstitute.org/depictions-article-challenging-our-fatalistic-addiction-to-safety/ The aim of this...
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Covid-19
Apr 29, 20214 min read
The Therapy Industry Invents Re-entry Syndrome
16 March 2021 RT Watch out, fellow Covid inmates – our long-awaited liberation from house arrest may apparently cause anxiety, stress and...
Apr 24, 20213 min read
The making of a Covid mental-health crisis Scaremongering about the psychological impact of lockdown
10 March 2021 Spiked It seems that the only legitimate grounds on which the UK government’s lockdown policy can now be criticised is that...
Feb 21, 202113 min read
Towards a fearless future
25th December 2020 When governments the world over began imposing lockdowns in response to Covid-19 earlier this year, I was surprised by...
Aug 21, 20206 min read
Eight new rules for parenting post lockdown
Published in The Times 21 August 2020: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/how-to-parent-after-lockdown-eight-new-rules-m99jl7kpn Family...
Jun 21, 20205 min read
‘Safe Spaces’ Enjoying A Morbid Surge In Coronavirus
1 June 2020 The American Conservative https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/safe-spaces-enjoying-a-morbid-surge-in-coronavirus...
Jun 21, 20205 min read
Parents, overcome your fears
14 May 2020 https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/05/14/parents-overcome-your-fears/#.Xrz1-KcugFM.twitter Schools can't stay locked down...
Jun 21, 20203 min read
It's a mask, not a flag! CULTURE WARS around Covid-19 protection are shameful
16 May 2020 RT Apparently, whether you wear a mask is not simply a reaction to the coronavirus, but a visible statement about your...
Jun 21, 20203 min read
Dystopian and disturbing: Big Tech censorship lumps together conspiracy loons and proper scientists
18 May 2020 RT YouTube has set itself up as the world’s thought police over Covid-19 and is shutting down the voices of highly respected...
Jun 21, 20205 min read
Why the government should not always ‘follow the science’
'Evidence' has been turned into a gospel truth and that's bad for political decision-making. 20 May 2020 Spiked....
May 7, 20206 min read
Adversity begets brave new world
Disasters have a nasty habit of appearing from nowhere. They catch communities unaware, and people struggle to understand what a disaster...
Mar 24, 20205 min read
Covid-19: government can’t solve everything
Britain has gone into lockdown. Outwardly it seems that everything has changed. But the reality is different. The cultural patterns of...
Mar 23, 20203 min read
Calling those who oppose Covid-19 measures #COVIDIOTS is just another tactic to shut down debate
People who raise doubts about the set up of a police state in response to Covid-19 are denounced as irresponsible idiots. But those who...
Mar 20, 20209 min read
A disaster without precedent
Covid-19 is a disaster without precedent. Not primarily in terms of the disease itself, but in terms of how we have responded to it. The...
Mar 20, 20203 min read
For the green zealots, Covid-19 is our penance for sins against the planet
Green zealots want to turn the global catastrophe of Covid-19 into fuel for their alarmist extinction narrative. By blaming humanity’s...
Mar 16, 20204 min read
Covid-19: stop politicising the pandemic
Throughout history, humanity’s response to major disasters has been shaped by the prevailing attitudes of the day. Our views on the...
Mar 10, 20204 min read
Panicked politicians who want to be seen to be acting are the real danger of the coronavirus outbrea
It does not help that numerous psychologists are telling us ‘don’t let coronavirus tip society into panic’. As a sociologist with a...
Jan 30, 20204 min read
Coronavirus and the culture of fear
There is nothing unusual about the outbreak of a new virus. In fact, in recent years, such outbreaks have become almost normal. Avian flu...
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