Show us your papers

Do you trust a politician with a PhD more than one without? Photo: Caleb Woods, Unsplash An obsession over qualifications often misses the...

Only muppets like Christmas

Christmas is the worst time of the year and you’re all soft in the head for enjoying it. Or I’m just a spectacular Stooge who could do with a...

Oli’s big topic: The right to blasphemy

[caption id="attachment_33202" align="alignnone" width="1600"] After so much ado, the controversial Marduk did not play in Bogotá. Photo:...

Oli’s Big Topic: Society rules

[caption id="attachment_29528" align="alignnone" width="696"] Following the rules?[/caption] Breaking the law…but following the rules. Every...

Oli’s Big Topic: Hate-riotism-Patriotism

[caption id="attachment_31116" align="alignright" width="696"] Monument to Edith Cavell: 'Patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or...

Oli’s Big Topic: Have you become a bitter foreigner?

[caption id="attachment_27838" align="aligncenter" width="696"] Oli Pritchard starts his new column as he means to go on - direct, honest, and maybe...