October 2018 – The World of Edrith

The Twelve Quizzes of Christmas is available to order now

My new book, The Twelve Quizzes of Christmas, is now available to order. A compendium of mind-bending and perplexing questions guaranteed to set your mind boggling. With twelve quizzes, each…

Posted on October 31, 2018 by Edrith

Free Will vs Predestination: A Difference between Right and Left

So many of the disagreements between those on the right and those on the left can be explained by differing attitudes on the question of free will vs predestination. I…

Posted on October 30, 2018 by Edrith

A Strategy Game I Would Like to See

In all strategy games that I’m aware of, whether board games or computer games, the player has instantaneous access to knowledge and instantaneous control of entities under their control. There…

Posted on October 27, 2018October 26, 2018 by Edrith

Wonkhe: Subject TEF

My lastest Wonkhe article looks at the latest government updates on subject level TEF, the first major policy release since I was involved. You can read the full article here:…

Posted on October 26, 2018October 26, 2018 by Edrith

Why don’t Remain supporters talk about UK citizens in Europe?

One of the starkest aspects of how divided our society is currently, is in the way language can differ so greatly even on matters where people are in agreement. I…

Posted on October 15, 2018 by Edrith

More on ‘Gay Cakes’

Earlier this week, the Supreme Court ruled in favour of Asher's Bakery over whether they were allowed to refuse to bake a cake bearing the slogan 'Support Gay Marriage'. They…

Posted on October 13, 2018October 13, 2018 by Edrith

My first Conservative Party Conference

This week I attended my first ever Conservative Party Conference (for that matter, my first ever political conference). As a civil servant, these had been strictly off limits, a banned…

Books, Games, Politics and Miscellany

Month: October 2018