Why is property inflation, especially housing property, considered a good thing? It's terrible for young people hoping to buy their first home, especially when so-called social or affordable housing...
Will there ever{EVER} be Peace in the world IN my lifetime there always been wars or the reports of wars ? But the churches are supposed to promote peace ???? THAY are supposed to be representing the...
History lessons, what little seems to be taught in schools today, when dealing with the 20th century make certain that children are well versed in Nazism (which they should be) but deals very little...
I work 6am to 2pm in a hospital and therefore get the second bus of each day. There is a guy at the bus stop who has been very kind holding the bus driver back for me when I have had to run for this...
Still in the cold war probably, the way the unions were carrying on we'd probably have become a Soviet Outpost by now, the Berlin wall would probably be up. This article from Fred Forsyth in the...
I'm a newcomer and I'm very shy and sometimes the pastor will come round the congregation asking us what makes us cheerful, happy, and if we've had a good week so far, etc. I hate having this in...
I live in London and have done since I was born. It's getting to the stage now where I feel I've lost my identity. New people come and go in my area and it's not the same back in the 70s! There is no...
I have just discovered on another thread that I am not a bloke any more, apparently I am a "Cis" Bloke! What a load of old pony! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisgender Ok if they must have all this...
At my school, i’m known as the quiet girl, and I don’t think that’s going to change. I feel so miserable at my current school to the point where I have almost 30+ unexcused absences. It’s hard for me...
So quite a few females that I have known in my life from university and one who I recently worked alongside briefly at a school, are very friendly and talkative in person and then as soon as I sent...
I’m only 5ft tall, far from being young so not going to grow anymore I guess I hate being viewed as weak by people. It’s evident in the comments they make eg with equipment at work ‘she’s on tiny she...
Listen and watch Charles Aznavour singing a song he wrote called "Comme ils Disent". It's in French but the lyrics can be found on line. It's a song about a guy who lives with his mum and pets and,...
Tory MP Mark Gardiner wrote in his local paper, the ‘Kidderminster Shuttle’ that he co-chaired the Conservative organisation Women2Win, and that throughout his time as co-chair, and ever since, he has...
I'm sitting here watching the FA Cup final, which is plastered with ads for the main sponsor, Emirates. Emirates is one of the very few airlines still operating in Russia. Although they're still...