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Scotland's Michael Greenwell has worked, at various times, as a university tutor, a barman, a DJ ("not a very good one," he clarifies), an office lackey, supermarket worker, president of a small charity, a researcher, a librarian, a volunteer worker in Nepal during the civil war there, and "some other things that were too tedious to mention." Nowadays, he explains, "I am always in the education sector in one way or another."

He blogs here. He also runs the animal extinction blog Exit Stage Right.Follow on Twitter.

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41 Articles

Wednesday, October 12, 2011
World Day Against The Death Penalty
We are the savages.

Thursday, June 16, 2011
A Trip To The Casino
(3 comments) What Casinos are actually like

Saturday, February 19, 2011
Sickbags on Standby
(1 comments) Royal non-events

Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Burns Night
A unique holiday and not only for Scots

Thursday, December 9, 2010
Radical Therapies by Philip Challinor
A review of the Book by Philip Challinor

Sunday, October 17, 2010
Collective Punishment
Why are we prepared to accept collective punishment in certain situations?

Wednesday, September 29, 2010
An Exemplary Action
The proposed military budget cuts in the UK and power projection.

Saturday, July 31, 2010
Great Missing the Point Moments in History - Three - An American Publisher
(2 comments) A spectacular misunderstanding of Animal Farm.

Sunday, June 20, 2010
Great Missing the Point Moments in History - Two - Crop Circles
(22 comments) The second part of a series about people not really getting it.

Friday, May 28, 2010
Bet Yourself to Extinction
(2 comments) Some bookmakers are taking bets on which animal will go extinct first due to the oilspill.

Monday, May 24, 2010
Great Missing the Point Moments in History - One - Placard
(4 comments) The first in a series...

Tuesday, April 27, 2010
What Should the Title of Bush's Memoirs Be?
(41 comments) Bush's memoirs are on the way.

Tuesday, April 6, 2010
The Demon Haunted World
(2 comments) A review of the Carl Sagan book, "Demon Haunted World"

Sunday, March 7, 2010
Catch 22 (the film)
Time to revisit the Catch 22 film.

Saturday, January 30, 2010
Howard Zinn - 1922 to 2010
(2 comments) R.I.P. Howard Zinn

Friday, January 22, 2010
Which would you prefer they spend it on?
Space exploration is worth it any price.

Thursday, November 19, 2009
Christmas is coming, the executives are getting fat
(1 comments) One case where doing nothing can actually be doing something.

Wednesday, September 30, 2009
The Man Who Held the Queen to Ransom and Sent Parliament Packing
(1 comments) A short review of a fantastic but little-known book.

Saturday, April 4, 2009
PROTESTOR DEAD
(3 comments) A protestor has died at the G20 protests in London.

Friday, February 20, 2009
Interview with Edward Current
(1 comments) An interview with multi-millionaire [only in terms of viewers!] comedian and musician Edward Current.

Sunday, February 15, 2009
Happy Disaster Day
(1 comments) Aside from other considerations, today is actually the anniversary of an atrocity - and I am not talking about that Al Capone thing.

Sunday, December 28, 2008
Don't Eat Gay Animals on Friday
The human race really doesn't need more people at the moment. Quite simply, there are far too many of us already. So why not 'Gay is the new Green' campaigns. If almost everyone goes gay for 25 years then the population will reduce over time giving us an opportunity to feed, house and water the people already here and the ones to come in the future.

Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Extraordinary
(5 comments) Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

Wednesday, November 5, 2008
For the people doing NaNoWriMo
(2 comments) Some possible help for the people doing National Novel Writing month.

Friday, October 31, 2008
What have we got to gain?
(4 comments) Not long ago, and near to home, we are far far from having a lot to lose...

Thursday, October 23, 2008
The Misanthropic Principle
(2 comments) Gulliver's Travels is not a childrens book.

Friday, October 3, 2008
NO INNOCENT BYSTANDERS
A Review of the book by Mickey Z.

Thursday, September 18, 2008
How low can you go?
(2 comments) Lack of ambition is a dangerous thing.

Saturday, September 13, 2008
I love a planet with a happy atmosphere
(3 comments) A quarter of the worlds wildlife has been lost and the loss rate is increasing.

Saturday, August 23, 2008
Hollow
Traditional music is not a commodity.

Sunday, January 27, 2008
Talking KKK-rap

Monday, January 14, 2008
Don't Take Part
(1 comments) Despite protestations of progressiveness from many actors Hollywood is a pretty racist, statist, status quo and sexist kind of place.

Saturday, November 3, 2007
Another One Bites The Dust
The strategies of people denying the realities of climate change continually shift.

Thursday, October 18, 2007
The Greatest Hero You Have Never Heard Of
(4 comments) You may not know his name but there is one man who probably saved us all.

Saturday, October 13, 2007
I'm Very Pleased Winston Churchill is Dead
Winston Churchill was not the hero people assume he was. He was a bigoted imperialist thug.

Thursday, October 11, 2007
The Tediousness of Democracy
Another proof of the fact that your supposed leaders have nothing but contempt for you.

Wednesday, October 10, 2007
It's Not Centrist, Nor Is It Moderate
(1 comments) The BBC may be better than many other broadcasters but it is far from being the voice of the people.

Friday, October 5, 2007
Duck Right Off

Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Slow Down - The Baiji is not saved
The baiji is still gone

Wednesday, September 19, 2007
PRIME SINISTER'S QUESTIONS
Prime Minister's Questions is a waste of time.

Friday, June 22, 2007
EDUCATION EDUCATION EDUCATION
On Pinocchios legacy