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I'm sure anyone who has already been to the all encompassing sub-continent of India will agree to its uniqueness. While it is a place which has unimaginable beauty, it is also a place with mass poverty and poor sanitation. If you grew up in a 'developed' country, like myself, India...

With the Extinction Rebellion protests gaining a fair share of press, I thought it would be a good time to look at who is to blame for the state of the global climate. And what we can do to solve the issue. As general consumers we are constantly being told...

Whether it is a vegan telling you to stop consuming dairy or a climate change activist telling you to stop owning a car, we've all been on the blunt end of an extreme ideologist's verbal assault. And, while their intentions may be in the right place, the abrupt and demonising...

Some of you may have been wondering where I (and the content on Something Decent) has been over the past two months. Tumble weeds have been rolling and dust has been gathering on the homepage. To put it bluntly, I personally like to travel and, once again, have been off...

You'd be forgiven for reading the above title and wondering "what on earth is the ULEZ charge?". I know I was thinking them exact words when I was first informed about it by a driver at work. As it turns out, I should have been more aware of it since...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycPr5-27vSI I know this article could be considered to a be a tad 'late' in the grand scheme of things but, hey, I've had a lot of work on and only recently got around to actually watching the Joe Rogan Experience podcast which featured Elon Musk as a guest. Although...

If you are a regular reader of Something Decent you would be excused for thinking that I had disappeared off the face of the earth over the span of the past month due to the fact that this website hasn't been updated, nor has there been much information on the...

Firstly, i’m not a great fan of labelling myself as anything, let alone a cyclist. Mainly because i don’t dress myself in full lycra from the neck down just to go for a short ride to get a tin of beans, and also because i think labelling yourself as something...

As this is the first post in ye olde 'back in the day' column I thought I would start with a topic that would most likely show my age and give a slight insight into life as a youth pre internet and mobile phone. Well, I say pre, what I...