April 2016

How To Life A Happy Life – Interview With University Of Oxford

By | April 29th, 2016|Happiness research, Philosophy|

I was recently interviewed as part of Oxford’s How To Life A Happy Life, one of their Research In Conversation series. The link […]

January 2016

Can We Make The World Happier? If So, How?

By | January 26th, 2016|Philosophy|

[Note to reader: this is a 2,000 word philosophy essay, rather than a easy-read blog post. It’s a work in progress, and comments very welcome]

Reading time: […]

Need a new New Year’s Resolution? Teach yourself to be happier in 12 minutes a day

By | January 5th, 2016|Happiness research, Personal|

It’s a New Year. This means, for a limited period only, it’s acceptable to tell strangers about our grand plans to win at life: how […]

November 2015

Want To Be Happier? Change How You Think Or What You Think About.

By | November 20th, 2015|Happiness research, Philosophy|

What would bring you more happiness? Go on, I’m asking you. I’m not going to give it to you, but I’d like to know. Serious […]

October 2015

How can we pursue happiness if we don’t know what it is?

By | October 21st, 2015|Happiness research, Philosophy|

Everyone wants to be happy, don’t they? Aristotle thought it was the goal of life. The Declaration of Independence states we have an alienable right to […]

September 2015

April 2015

David Cameron Has Promised Voters ‘The Good Life’, But What Does That Even Mean? And Is He Right?

By | April 21st, 2015|Politics|

Originally published in the Huffington Post and republished below.

Unusually for British politics, a British politician talked about morality. At the Conservative Party’s […]

Which party should you vote for to make you happiest?

By | April 15th, 2015|Politics|

Originally published in the New Statesman and republished below

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