The best care on earth cannot prevent us all dying in the end.

Islam, Christianity and Judaism all define themselves through disgust of women's bodies.

My mother begged doctors to end her life. She was beyond the physical ability to swallow enough of the weak morphine pills she had around her. When she knew she was dying I promised to make sure she could go at a time of her choosing, but it was impossible. I couldn't help.

The best care on earth cannot prevent us all dying in the end.

Could a government dare to set out with happiness as its goal? Now that there are accepted scientific proofs, it would be easy to audit the progress of national happiness annually, just as we monitor money and GDP.

This is indeed a clash of civilisations, not between Islam and Christendom but between reason and superstition.

The pens sharpen – Islamophobia! No such thing. Primitive Middle Eastern religions, and most others, are much the same – Islam, Christianity and Judaism all define themselves through disgust for women's bodies.