A couple of centuries ago, the philosophy of uniformitarianism was gaining in popularity. According to this philosophy, the processes we see happening on earth today are presumed always to have occurred: “the present is the key to the past”.
From this philosophy, developed by Scottish amateur geologist, James Hutton, assumptions about the earth’s past are made [...]

I don’t know if buses are still carrying this advert, but I came across it lately on an old leaflet from 2008 which was in my “to read” pile. I have finally read it! The leaflet was issued by Arab World Ministries whose noble mission is “Building Christ’s Church among Arab peoples.”
Before discussing the best [...]

This weekend is UK Black Pride 2010. There are many black singers, speakers and DJs taking part (and a couple of token whites, like Peter Tatchell). As you can see from their website masthead, it’s a great opportunity to get up and boogie like a mad thing, if you are black and, er, gay.
The Pink [...]

A professor who has a way with words has said,
Parents who smoke in cars in front of small children are “committing a form of child abuse”.
My parents smoked in the car. I wouldn’t say that it thrilled me, but abuse? I think not. With the windows open, most of the smoke was expelled, otherwise my [...]

Subrosa has blogged about these latest thugs, from Wales, who have brought shame upon their uniform and devalued the efforts of the many decent officers.

Subrosa writes: Robert Whatley, 70, was pulled over in his Range Rover for driving without a seat belt as he drove on a country road in Wales. It’s alleged officers tried [...]

EastEnders + laughter track = sitcom!

Strike a light, guv’nor. It’s nearly a quarter of a cent’ry old. Well, scuff my old boots!
Source. Thanks to Dave Gorman for tweeting it.

Real Street is listed as a political blog, so I thought I’d do some politics as I have been a bit slow of late. I have wanted to comment on much, but at the end of the day lately, I’m afraid I’ve not been much bothered about writing. I’m in the mood just now, so [...]