Mel’s 12 songs for Christmas
Editor’s note: Mel submitted this list nice and early and a person who shall remain nameless (DM) missed it and failed to include it. So th “In Dulci Jublio” I…
A Remembrance of Things Past
Once you pass the big six-o you can no longer pretend to be young. In your fifties, you can just about get away with thinking you could go clubbing, even…
A short conversation about hope
Hope helps to create a world where the things you hope for become possible. Hope means that if even a fraction of an opportunity comes up, you’ll be prepared to…
A Christmas to remember: 1984
Most people, whether religious or not, have a special Christmas. Perhaps it was the one where you got that special toy, or the one after your baby was born or…
Britain’s Disabled Dystopia
Austerity was a lie sold to us in 2010 by our coalition government. Not only did they lie that the opposition party caused a global financial crisis but they refused…
Causality is Beyond Me
The Sixty Second Scribes takes a look at the seemingly obvious difficulties in the thought processes of those who believe that learning to live with Covid means ignoring Covid and…
And So This is Christmas
Christmas is extraordinary. It is full of contradictions and confusions. There are some who claim it as the Festival of Yuletide, others the Birth of the Sun and, for Christians,…
The Twelve Bands Of Christmas
Christmas is a time for lists and Critical Mass is publishing some lists from our regular contributors. So here is mine. To get on this list you have to have…
Dimbleby Lecture: COVID – Vaccines versus Vacillation
This year’s Dimbleby Lecture on the fight against Covid was delivered by Oxford University professor, Dame Sarah Gilbert, a key player in the development of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. Forget about…
Lucky Goes To Market
In the previous issue of Critical Mass I wrote about how I came to write Lucky Goes to Market. I promised to share it with you and here it is!…