What it feels like to hit depression.
Hitting depression was not something that I ever believed could happen to me, I had been sad in the past before over many things but depression seemed like something … Continue reading
Macbeth the Opera at Leeds Grand
“The ‘Scottish play’ had its genesis at a time of revolutionary upheaval and religious strife, the time of the Gun-powder plot, and the coming to the throne of James I, a Scotsman with a Catholic for a wife”
A New Spin on Orwell’s 1984
I experienced a fresh adaptation of George Orwell’s classic 1984 at West Yorkshire Playhouse. Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan are the people responsible for the creation of a new theatre … Continue reading
Alfred The Great and the roots of England
The Anglo-Saxons (who founded what is now England) were Germanic immigrants themselves to British shores. The most famous of the Anglo-Saxon rulers was Alfred of Wessex, known as ‘The Great’. … Continue reading
Julain Assange, and the reality of Swedish extradition.
I’ve been following the three most talked about whistle-blowers since I first heard about them – Edward Snowden the former NSA employee who is still languishing in Russia, after revealing … Continue reading
An experience of understanding empathy.
So often I find many of my friends and family unwell or sick. So often I say ‘I hope you get better’. Yet do I really mean this? Well … Continue reading
Mystic interpretation of the Verse of Light
So below is the typed up Appendix 8 of the Abdullah Yusuf Ali English translation of the Quran. In his translation Yusuf Ali would write introductions before every Surah to … Continue reading
“Who is Allah”, my thoughts
I came across quranangel, a blogger who writes about her insight into spiritual matters, Quranic verses, and worldly matters as well, and I quite like the insight she brings to … Continue reading
