In between futilely attempting to get some work done (mind not on the job at all) and AnswerBanking, I’ve spent the whole morning popping in and out of my conservatory trying to catch a trapped...
When people, especially the young, fall foul of unavoidable diseases and die, the religious often justify the loss by saying “It’s God’s will”, and yet when asked why they think a loving God...
Last week Niko Alm, from Austria, won a long-running case to allow him to wear a plastic colander on his head in photographs for his driving licence. He had submitted the images in 2011, but they were...
//The Girl Summit on 22 July will rally a global movement to end child, early and forced marriage and FGM for all girls within a generation. Doing this will help preserve girls' childhoods, promote...
Has anyone else noticed what’s happening in Libya? //Hundreds of families were forced to flee neighbourhoods around Tripoli airport as militias fighting for control of the area engaged in their...
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/malaysia-airlines-family-who-lost-two-members-on-flight-mh370-have-lost-two-more-on-mh17-9614230.html
How awful. :o(...
I've had some sad news today. Over a period of many months, hundreds of prayers have been said for someone very dear to me – all to no avail. Was there really any point in all these kind people...
The Sun reports that the passport of the Jihadist brother of the twin girls who recently fled to Syria has been revoked. I can’t find this report anywhere else, but if it’s accurate is this the...
I’m looking for a new pre-formed replacement liner for one of my garden ponds, but prices appear to vary considerably and I’ve no idea of the differences in materials. I want one about 2mtrs x...
I’m currently reading ‘The Ghost of Flight 401’, recommended by a fellow ABer. Early on the author speaks about Uri Geller and names scientists who support his incredible claims of...
More than 100 imams have signed what I think is an ambiguously worded 'open letter’ urging Muslim communities "to continue the generous and tireless effort to support all of those affected by the...
I'm just as hooked on this series as I've been on the rest. Same thing, of course - but crikey - it's entertaining - and Jack Bauer? Well, what can I say? He's good!
A question for people who believe what preachers/teachers of religion tell them. Regardless of creed, why do you think they know any more about God and the supernatural than you do when you each have...
It transpires that the family who, whilst police looked on, stoned to death a pregnant woman outside the courthouse in Lahore also killed her sister in separate ‘honour killing’ – and the...