Immigration

Dear kids, They come over here, take our jobs or sponge off our social welfare, don’t learn the language, don’t learn how things are done, are rude, abuse our generosity, and do nothing but complain about how crap everything is here and how good everything is back home. And that’s just the English. In Spain,…

Outsiderness

Kids, this is a guest post from Mum. Sorry it’s late – I was travelling and couldn’t post it when I wanted to. Once, Mum said to me how much she admired my ability to mix comfortably in social situations. Don’t be fooled – I feel just the same. We all do. She’s a wise…

Feminism

Dear kids, One of you is a girl, one is a boy. That simple fact will lead people to make all sorts of wild assumptions about you: your likes and dislikes, your goals and abilities, your rights and responsibilities. For example, S, they will assume you like pink and send you pink things; T, they…

God

Dear kids, You go to a Church of England school, so the contradictions here are awful, I know. But all that God stuff they feed you? It’s not true. Just like Father Christmas only without the presents. The Bible says, in the beginning, God created Man in His image. It’s the other way round. Man…