Hidden dangers in the benign world of genealogy
New technology has made it possible for anyone to find out about previous generations, though genealogy also has a dark...
Read moreNew technology has made it possible for anyone to find out about previous generations, though genealogy also has a dark...
Read moreAs a sage once put it: “Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory, tactics without strategy is the...
Read moreThe only way out of the UK’s disastrous political situation has got to be PR, but revolution starts with an...
Read moreWe need refugees, we always have done. And these latest survivors of repression should be invited to help swell our...
Read moreThe tenet of democracy is rule by and for the people, relying on those elected to run things with this...
Read moreContrary to government claims, Tom Serpell argues that the treatment of Afghan refugees in Britain is limited and uncompassionate
Read moreThere may be good reasons why some people don’t do it, but Tom Serpell argues that it can make a...
Read moreIf Great Britain were Team Britannia United we would be in the Relegation Zone
Read moreTom Serpell writes about the challenge and the privilege of life drawing, praising its rare insight into humanity in all...
Read moreAs the Coronation approaches, glitz and spectacle isn’t the only thing that keeps our royals on top. Three of our...
Read moreThe use of deliberately misleading language and exaggerated claims are the government’s stock-in-trade, argues Tom Serpell
Read moreThe key to social mobility is to overhaul our present education system, with more resources put into the practical skills...
Read moreAre the Tories the natural party of government, given the hardship so many are suffering and our failing public services?
Read moreKings and queens and wealthy landowners look down on us from lofty plinths. Isn't it about time we rethought who...
Read moreRevolution by democratic vote. We must use what democracy we have left to remove these toxic Tories, argues Tom Serpell
Read moreA celebration of Sussex pubs. Use them or lose them, says Tom Serpell
Read moreWith such a dysfunctional and inadequate ministerial team, it is no wonder the government is failing us
Read moreCan we acknowledge and make the most of our interdependence?
Read moreTom Serpell traces the decline and eventual fall of the welfare state, under successive Tory governments
Read moreWhilst low tax sounds like it is a good thing, said to stimulate investment and growth, the reality is very...
Read moreA celebration of Sussex’s downland wildflowers by regular writer, Tom Serpell
Read moreTom Serpell, explaining the dead cat strategy, argues that Johnson made full use of it to distract the public from...
Read moreChanging Britain's rigged political system won't be easy. But if Britain is ever to embrace a fairer future we need...
Read moreNational security is the first duty of any government. Security from hunger must surely be part of that duty, argues...
Read moreTom Serpell extols the joy of reading and the importance of libraries, independent bookshops and new online media platforms
Read moreWealth and power seem to create a sense of entitlement in their holders to eschew the norms of society and...
Read moreThe language used by Brexiters requires a new form of hearing-aid – one which can distinguish between excuses, lies, bigotry...
Read moreIn any other country, what's happening at Westminster would rightly be described as corruption
Read moreHonours handed out without merit surely devalues those awarded to the selfless and hard-working
Read moreTom Serpell analyses the possible alternatives to Boris Johnson, if a leadership challenge is mounted. Are any of them preferable?
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