Encouragement vs envy

// Why #pledgeforparity is actually a call to stop with the comparison

Written by Ruth Clements

Reasons to be cheerful

// We’ve hit Lenten Hump Day.

Written by Daniel Jones

What are we creating?

// We have an ability to create for good, despite our propensity to **** things up.

Written by Dave Luck

Girl About Town: the two-timing texter

// Yet another story about text game gone horribly wrong.

Written by Girl About Town

Firebird: a story we can’t ignore

// How a play brought the devastating stories from the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal to life.

Written by Vicky Walker

What we loved in February

// For your listening/viewing/reading pleasure...

Written by threads

Generous, whatever

// Trading big ideas for small gifts

Written by Daniel Jones

Why a ban on street preaching might be good news

// While I appreciate the liberty of free speech, exercising those freedoms in a particular way doesn't do much good.

Written by Andy Tilsley

Freeing Kesha

// Why this story is so much more than a hashtag

Written by Natalie Collins

Let’s talk about … 21st century dating

// Two women discuss online dating, how to tell the crazies, and boundaries

Written by threads

Too long, don’t agree

// Do you regulary read BTL? Here's a new acronym for you...

Written by Simon Wilce

What makes a better man?

// After 30 days of attempting to become a better man, did it work?

Written by Thomas McConaghie

Why I’m giving up excuses for Lent

// Or why I can’t live with the fraud of being ungenerous anymore.

Written by Daniel Jones

Ethical clothing: Brothers We Stand

// We catch up with Jonathan Mitchell from online ethical store, Brothers We Stand, to chat fashion, ethics and asking the right questions...

Written by Christine Gilland

Our humanity comes to its fullest bloom in giving

// We become beautiful people when we give whatever we can give.

Written by Gemma Brown

How not to hate Valentine’s Day

// No, not all singles are crying into their pillow...

Written by Amanda Robinson

Divorced and dating

// The online dating bio no one wants to write...

Written by Ruth Clements

The art of manliness · reflections on week 5

// Finally, Thomas' 30 day challenge comes to an end. Read his thoughts on the last few days.

Written by Thomas McConaghie

Make love, not porn

// Carrie Lloyd is back, to finish up our series on sex with another excerpt from Prude...

Written by Carrie Lloyd

Two guys walk into a pub: the sex chat

// Chris and Ryan are back in the pub, this time to talk about sex. Here's how the conversation unfolded...

Written by Ryan Morley Male