The Empire Strikes Back

No, Darth Vader hasn’t attacked the Rebel outpost on the icy world of Hoth, nor has Han Solo been frozen in carbonite for the decorative purposes of Jabba the Hutt’s palace. Unfortunately, nothing that exciting has happened. More the age-old establishment, the Church has caused upset in the House of Lords this week as an amendment to the benefits reform led by the Bishop of Ripon and Leeds is voted in place of the original bill, which would see the amount of benefit available to eligible households Continue reading [...]

United for the Kingdom

Good afternoon everyone. How are we all doing? I guess I should start by apologising in advance, for I am indeed about to bore you with a politically related piece (I'm not sure which you'd prefer: politics or religion?). Click 'back' on your browser now if you'd prefer to return to reading about what [enter random chav's name] got up to last night, and how far they got with the 'hottest guy' in the club because you won't find such trivial nonsense here. I've been inspired to write about something Continue reading [...]

Happy New Year!

As the title says really, Happy New Year! A little premature I realise but knowing the flaws of technology, the internet is sure to crash as soon as the clock hits midnight across the world tonight. Not only that, but writing to you now gives me a perfect excuse to do not write my essay...but shush! Don't tell anyone. Well, what a year 2011 has been - not just for me personally but for the world! I saw a program last week about the natural disasters of the past year and you have to agree, there Continue reading [...]

October Rain

Afternoon everyone. How're you all doing? A post really just for the sake of it today, and because I'm bored. The title: inspired by the Guns n' Roses song November Rain, but because it's October naturally I changed it. But it is raining though, and has been all weekend - pretty miserable really. So currently I'm sat in the newly revamped York St John University library on one of the supposedly brand new computers, which, will not allow me to access Facebook (but I can still use Twitter, so all Continue reading [...]

Did Religion Ruin Prince?

Good evening readers, how are you? As I've been sitting in my loft room at my dad's for nearly the past week I have rediscovered my admiration for the work of the Artist Formerly Known As An Unpronounceable Symbol, the one and only, Prince. So what? You're writing a blog post to tell us that you've gotten back into that skinny mother fucker with the high voice? (to quote the 1987 song Bob George)? Well not exactly. I've been working my way through his vast catalogue of hits and performances, Continue reading [...]