I see  a lot of articles on professional networking sites about Millennials, written as if they're a whole different species.  Personally, if I want to try and understand what it's like to be

My son Zac was born at 27 1/2 weeks gestation, he was roughly 3 months premature and weighed just under a kilogram (less than half a pound). I used to joke that I'd eaten bigger steaks. This tiny baby,

This piece re-published here with permission from the author Christopher W Helton Lead Belly's song "the bourgeois blues" ironically resonates the current economic phenomena in the United States, where

There are whispers of course, rumours Legends Talk of an experiment gone horribly wrong Of a fallen scientist, his body broken beyond repair and hope of recovery A cybernetic construct assembled from the

I am starting to realise that fear has been the single most limiting habit I've ever formed, and the oldest. In fact it's the root of all my habits, and maybe every regrettable thing I have done. I published

When I hit the Publish button on my last post (My Depression is Not an Illness), I knew I was in for a rough ride, it was a humbling thing to have to admit, difficult to bare. A “bold” thing to admit so

I have a mental illness. And it's a totally legit illness - honest - I have a professional diagnosis and everything. I've got a medical certificate that says I can stay home and write this rather than

Published on November 2, 2016 on LinkedIn - Written by Christopher W Helton Re-Posteded here with permission from the author. I am currently suffering the Gout with a bottle of Bordeaux, contemplating

Have you ever considered that everything you believe in, and think you know is a story? A story that only exist in your mind? As far as we can tell, our minds inhabit the slimy lump of brain-meat inside

Sadly none of this is really news to anyone who has been paying attention. This is what happens when the government delegates the welfare and protection of vulnerable children to fucking car park attendants.

Have you ever had to fight for your very life? I have. It was late late spring, early evening I'd gotten home from my regular office job type job, changed into comfy toweling shorts and a baggy tee and

Have you ever considered that everything you believe in, and think you know, the principles you stand for, every taboo, every theory and prejudice, your allegiances, all those precious or terrifying memories,