Did the generation growing up in the 1970s have it better than the generation growing up in the 00s? Big question - and a fun one to tease apart! Yes, there are the advantages often associated with growing up in the 1970s, without turning it into a “kids-these-days” rant (because every generation gains and loses things).

Having recently attended a family funeral, it got me thinking about what is a good life? Can we live quietly and happily and it be a good life? Ovid, writing from the heart of the Roman Empire, offered a piece of advice that feels almost subversive today: live obscurely and quietly. In a culture that prized status, reputation, and proximity to power, Ovid suggested that a good life might be found not in visibility, but in withdrawal.

Just to make it clear a migrant and a refugee are two different persons. The major disparity between a migrant and a refugee is that a...

With the news that the UK government intend sending refugees to Rwanda, Brian Bilston's poem is a beautiful, sensitive piece of writing. ...

Someone once said, “It’s not what a quotation says to you that matters, but what you think it says.” Quotations are typically very brief...