truth – Page 4 – Jane Shearer

23 March 2024Uncategorised

Only A Spider

Why are human lives considered to be so much more valuable than lives of animals, whatever state a human is in?

27 January 2024Uncategorised

Trigger Warnings

‘Trigger warnings – useful flag, cotton wool coddling or statements without impact? There are as many opponents as adherents. Which are you?

6 January 2024Uncategorised

Microbial Mates

Who is in charge of your eating, your stress patterns, your emotions? You? Your microbiome? Or is it a joint effort?

28 October 2023Uncategorised

Truth & Fiction

The line between truth and fiction is stretched thin to the point of invisibility. We encounter this line constantly, in the media, and in memoir. Memories are fallible. Do we care?

16 September 2023Uncategorised

Politics & Promises

The general election is coming, like Christmas but even less fun than hearing Snoopy’s Christmas every day for two months. The hoardings are up. So how do they look?

1 September 2023Uncategorised

Names & Idealogies

Can using someone’s preferred name be idealogical unpalatable? And is this something the Free Speech Union should be protesting about? An interesting New Zealand case is in the news again.

13 August 2023Uncategorised

Monuments and Meanings

Monuments and museums memorialise people and philosophies, including the Stalin Museum in Gori. When we change our attitude to past events, should we change our monuments?

8 April 2023Uncategorised