Our ability to use empathy and reason allows us to see how everyone's life would be improved if we were more tolerant of our differences. There's good evidence that global society is making progress in this way, especially over the last century. There is a way to go, of course, and sometimes our own experiences … Continue reading Empathy

Every human being should be seen as having equal dignity and equal worth - simply by virtue of their humanity. We are all part of the same species and the same long story, it is possible to feel a connection with all people, everywhere. We can imagine ourselves in their position. I know that what … Continue reading Every Human

All I could see from where I stood Was three long mountains and a wood. I turned and looked another way, And saw three islands in a bay. So with my eyes I traced the line Of the horizon, thin and fine, Straight around till I was come Back to where I'd started from. And … Continue reading Renascence

Crows, crows, crows, crows then the slow flap away over the hill and the dead oak is naked Ed Ochester

We have more in common with each other than things that divide us. Jo Cox