“The Foreigner from a Distant Land.” by Paula Addai | The Rants of a Ghanaian!

I am a foreigner, from a distant land.I speak your language but you don’t understand.I have hands like yours, that are never praisedI have eyes like yours that can also gaze.I know you came from the land of my fatherBut then why can’t we accept each other?It is sad you think that you are betterBut …

Now I’m in my 50s, young men want to date me: Welcome to the world of WHIPS

Dating in her 50s, Bibi Lynch has noticed a surprising trend: the men pursuing her are younger. Much younger. And she’s not alone…  Credit: Sophia SpringI’m in the Apple Store, praying to Steve Jobs that my laptop can’t be fixed. Because the last image on my screen as it died was an obscene selfie sent …

Stephen Hawking blames Tory politicians for damaging NHS – The Guardian

Stephen Hawking has accused ministers of damaging the NHS, blaming the Conservatives in a passionate and sustained attack for slashing funding, weakening the health service though privatisation, demoralising staff by curbing pay and cutting social care support.The renowned 75-year-old physicist was speaking to promote an address he will give on Saturday outlining how he owes …

British scholar: ‘Don’t take the bible literally’ – Dr Hugh Houghton

Dr Hugh Houghton said the earliest Latin interpretation of the Gospels tells readers not to take the Bible too literally ShutterstockA British academic has said that the earliest Latin interpretation of the Gospels tells readers not to take the Bible too literally.Dr Hugh Houghton, of the University of Birmingham, said “it’s not the literal meaning …

Mr Justice Darling: “an impudent little man in horsehair” By Henry Brooke

Mr Justice Darling, “Judicial Lightweight”, by SpyThis blog is written about an English judge who died, aged 87, a month before I was born, and inhabited a totally different age..He had served as a High Court Judge in the Queen’s Bench Division for 27 years and was made a peer (not a law lord) the …