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Bad Habits, or, Is 30 too old to grow up? 10 Jul 2013 | 09:51 pm
Let me start by saying that I don’t think I’m going to change overnight, I’m not that daft. I’ve simply got to a point in my life where unless I begin to make serious efforts at self-improvement, I’ll...
An Open Letter to the British Boxing Board of Control 24 Feb 2013 | 09:27 pm
I am writing this in the wake of the Prizefighter event at York Hall on the 24th of February 2013. It was not an untypical event, but nevertheless it has prompted me to write regarding a growing probl...
Equality in law, not in religion. 5 Feb 2013 | 11:43 pm
I’ve been promising myself that I will recommence writing, mainly because if I stay in the habit of it, I think I will actually motivate myself into starting a PhD this year. This attempt at coherent ...
Envy 28 Oct 2012 | 12:07 am
Recently there have been unquiet rumblings at the company for which I am a subcontractor. While I am self employed, the work I do for this company is the main source of my income. Recently, there have...
What is your price? 12 May 2012 | 06:16 pm
Politics is all about compromise. ‘No man is an island’, as John Donne wrote, and this applies to politics as much as it does to anything else. As social beings, and beings with ambitions and needs be...
Policing our society 12 May 2012 | 06:15 pm
Today, my little sister has just left for her induction as a Special Constable – for anyone who doesn’t know, its not the same as a PCSO, its very similar to the role of a paid Constable but she does ...
Death, triviality, and fatigue. 13 Dec 2011 | 10:34 am
I feel like what I am – an illusion, mostly empty space. It’s true, all of us are 99.9% empty space, it’s a physics thing but take it on trust for now. How we interact with the world is thanks to the ...
” He’s done two rounds and thinks he’s Mike Tyson ” – An Update from the Gym 29 Sep 2011 | 06:13 am
So… It has been some time since my last blog, and maybe you’ve wondered how I have kept on with my fitness. Not too bad, all things considered. I’ve been laid up with the flu for the last few days, bu...
Chin down, hands up: back in the gym. 28 May 2011 | 06:55 am
So… first day back at the boxing gym in a while, and I do mean a while. No excuses, I’m always busy at work so that doesn’t really count, it’s just easier to not go than it is to go… but I do love box...
Injunctions – the dangerous precedents of privacy 24 May 2011 | 04:23 am
I’m not going to waste my time and yours talking about the vague morsels that litter the media, and the informal Internet, regarding specific cases or articles. I’d like to get you to consider a few ...
