The current acceptance of the online currency ‘bitcoin’ is divided. This week, it was declared that Cumbria University would allow payment for tuition fees in bitcoins. What makes this cyber-currency so attractive, yet also unsettling, for so many organisations? Is the bitcoin truly as good as it sounds, or could […]

Having always been a strong supporter of the war in Afghanistan, when I awoke on Sunday morning to read the reports of a rogue US soldier in the Kandahar Province killing 16 innocent civilians, I could not help but re-question my own views and examine the potential futility of the […]