Poet > Playwright > Novelist

Hope for Peace

This week seems a good time to be thinking about both sides of humanity as we approach Easter. There is a tendency to see Easter either as a purely Christian festival, arguably the most important time in the Christian calendar, or as a purely secular event … https://tonyearnshaw.substack.com/p/hope-for-peace

It’s not politics Boyd, it’s life…

Apparently, J D Vance has said that it’s necessary to prevent the craziest and worst regime in the world getting nuclear weapons. I think it may be too late for that. https://tonyearnshaw.substack.com/p/its-not-politics-boyd-its-life

They’re all the same – aren’t they?

Are politicians ‘all the same’? Really? Memories of a one off who could also be a guide to how we see politicians today https://tonyearnshaw.substack.com/p/theyre-all-the-same-arent-they

A Changing World

Was there ever a golden age? The pick and mix view we take of the past, and the dangers of letting go of progress  https://tonyearnshaw.substack.com/p/a-changing-world

Leading by example

Leading by example…There are leaders who are good models and leaders who are the opposite. Like most of us I’ve experienced both and have tried, when asked to lead, to be the former… https://tonyearnshaw.substack.com/p/what-seems-to-be-the-problem

Overwhelm

Feeling daunted by all the demands of the New Year? Powerless in the face of all that’s going wrong in the world? Aren’t we all. We’re ‘in overwhelm’ – thoughts on escape… https://tonyearnshaw.substack.com/p/overwhelm

To Care or not to Care

“Gay or straight, black, brown, or white, male or female or neither, she simply didn’t care…because it didn’t matter to her and she didn’t think it should matter to anyone else.” https://tonyearnshaw.substack.com/p/to-care-or-not-to-care

A person is a person through people

‘You can’t be human all by yourself’ – wisdom from Africa  –https://tonyearnshaw.substack.com/p/a-person-is-a-person-through-people

Conscience and Control

Should MPs who vote with their conscience be bullied by their churches? https://tonyearnshaw.substack.com/p/conscience-and-control

Houses of straw

Tariffs meet fairy tales. The big bad wolf. Again. https://tonyearnshaw.substack.com/p/houses-of-straw