The dangers of free speech and the dangers of limiting free speech

By Warren Nunn Much has been made of what has been described as inciting racial hatred in the aftermath of the vile murder of scores of people in Christchurch. It has caused some to ask if free speech should be restricted. People who have the right to gather and...

Who are the real science deniers?

By Warren Nunn The term “science deniers” is increasingly used against those who reject/question something that “science” insists has been proved. Anyone who doesn’t accept that global warming/climate change is real and is the result of...

We all wear masks

Funny business, that storytelling ©Warren Nunn Scientific storytelling is sometimes so obvious that it could even be laugh-out-loud funny if it weren’t so serious. An article <Shape shifters, The Economist, p. 70, 9 May 2015> which claimed the ancient ancestors...

Those with unpopular views face extreme sanctions

Warren Nunn Extremists/fundamentalists whose unpopular views sometimes cause public outrage now face extreme sanctions that reek of extreme fundamentalism. We live in extreme times where public discourse is out of control. Rare is the situation where a person is able...

Reverend Alexander Silver of Dunnottar

By Aberdeenshire Silver descendant Warren Nunn Reverend Alexander Silver was for about 40 years the spiritual leader of Dunnottar church near Stonehaven in Scotland. He was described as “many-sided and sterling in character”. He was a larger-than-life, quick-witted...

Under the tamarind tree

By Coker descendant Warren Nunn A tamarind tree planted 100 years ago brought together about 100 descendants of eight siblings of the Coker family at Kabra on Saturday 23 June 2018. When the youngest of Harry and Emma Coker’s children, Cyril, was born in 1918, his...