Through the Looking Glass

BY ALEX STORY In Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll’s sequel to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, published in 1871, Alice climbs through a mirror into a world in which, just like a reflection, everything is reversed – including logic. Increasingly it feels like we have all climbed through the looking glass with Alice into a dark parallel universe in which reason is turned on its … Continue reading Through the Looking Glass

Saving the Planet One Mask at a Time

BY BERNADETTE SPOFFORTH Guest Writer Bernie Spofforth on the inevitable mask mountain Nothing has brought out the worst piousness and virtue signalling in certain sections of society like Covid. These latter-day self-styled saints have shown their do-goodery by wearing their sacrifice like a hair shirt, wilfully oblivious to the collateral damages of Covid restrictions, lockdowns and shifting human behavioural patterns. As COP26 gathers together to … Continue reading Saving the Planet One Mask at a Time