Christopher Evans
Author and a Political and Social Commentator
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Creative Writing, Mental Health, and Founder of Critical Eye Expert
Christopher Evans Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Society, metaphysics/spirituality and mental health
- Career Focus
- Author, speaker, founder of Critical Eye
I have worked in psychiatry for 20 years, treating patients with schizophrenia, depression, mania and other disorders. I now write in my spare time, occasionally under a pseudonym. You can view my work by visiting my website called Critical Eye, which deals with many societal issues and provides other articles of general interest. Critical Eye is intended to be a useful and entertaining resource for visitors, that will hopefully encourage readers to gain a new perspective on certain issues affecting society today.
Free Articles & Book Excerpts
Gay Marriage: Why all the Hullabaloo?
http://www.criteye.com/2014/11/09/gay-marriage-why-all-the-hullabaloo/
The African Migrants Consigned to a Watery Grave
http://www.criteye.com/2015/04/27/the-african-migrants-consigned-to-a-watery-grave/
8 Drug Smugglers are Executed: How Indonesia Betrays its Humanity
http://www.criteye.com/2015/05/05/8-drug-smugglers-are-executed-how-indonesia-betrays-its-humanity/
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Why we may Never Stamp out Racism
The scene in Paris where a black man was prevented from boarding a train on the Paris Metro by a number of Chelsea football supporters was proof that despite being 2015, very little has changed. A bystander at Richelieu-Drouot station recorded the event on his mobile phone, capturing the moment the rowdy supporters pushed the man named as Souleymane S., 33 years old, away as he tried to step off the platform and onto the train. They chanted, “we’re racist, we’re racist, and that’s the way we like it”. Overwhelmed and humiliated he gave up and walked away.
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The Sentient Beings that could one day have Rights
It was Charles Darwin that said, "Animals, whom we have made our slaves, we do not like to consider our equals".
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Gay Marriage: Why all the Hullabaloo?
With the first gay marriage to take place last year, I did struggle to understand the widespread opposition to this historic event.
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Robbed of Womanhood: The Silent Pain of Childlessness
Childlessness, or the inability to conceive, is an often unappreciated source of pain amongst much of the general public. A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found the number of women aged 15-44 with impaired fecund city (impaired ability to get pregnant or carry a baby to term) was 6.7 million in America, which equates to 10.9% of the population. This natural function, one of the greatest of gifts that life has to offer, remains an unattainable dream for some women, who through no fault of their own find themselves fighting this lonely battle.
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Do Numerology and Astrology hold the key to our deepest questions?
Followers of Christianity have been falling away over the past century right across the world, with many societies becoming more and more secular. For many, religion simply has not been able to satisfy their conce s and answer those fundamental questions: Why are we here? If there is a God, why do so many appalling events continue to occur? As these questions go unanswered this can leave us feeling more empty and disillusioned. Perhaps we have reached a point collective conscience that many people now just require more, and are unwilling to accept religion on pure faith alone.
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Great Britain? Welcome to Egocentric UK
Anne Leitrim’s mummified remains were recently found at her home in Bou emouth, Dorset. The 58 year old former neonatal nurse had been laid beside her bed for 7 years. Neighbours said they believed she had moved away, this despite her windows being left open. She was only found after bailiffs had arrived at her property to recover mortgage payments that were in arrears. They had to wade through a mountain of mail, waist-high to get in.
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The Near-Death Experience: Evidence of the Afterlife?
The near-death experience (NDE) remains a phenomena that continues to be an object of fascination for many. There are now thousands of documented cases with similar salient features as their central theme, that of travelling through a tunnel of bright light, being reunited with loved ones, spirit guides and other entities, and an all-encompassing feeling of love.
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Has Education Today Become a By-Word for Our Indoctrination?
It was Albert Einstein who once had this to say about education, “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” The education system remains an exercise in micro-management that provokes memories of the music video to Pink Floyd’s ‘Another Brick in the Wall‘, of school children being fed through a meat mincer by their overbearing headmaster.
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A Scarlet Letter of a Sex Worker
The sex industry is an often misunderstood profession that in all actuality can be a lucrative, convenient and viable career option for those brave enough (or fool-hardy depending on your point of view) to pursue this line of work. We have all heard of the time-wo cliché that prostitution is oldest trade, however, by and large the stigma and judgement still persists for all those who work within it.
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The Unsolved Mystery Surrounding the Death of Bruce Lee
With the 1973 film release of Enter the Dragon, film-goers were treated to an experience that created a seismic shift in the world of cinema that spawned a craze for all things Kung Fu, and a new film hero named Bruce Lee was born. A relative unknown in western cinema, Lee was already enjoying celebrity status in Hong Kong and the Far East with iconic films such as The Big Boss and Fist of Fury.
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Who Exactly are Fanning the Flames of the Syria Crisis?
The ongoing Syria crisis, described as the ‘greatest humanitarian disaster since WWII’ continues to shock and appal in equal measure, and it’s not hard to see why. As the world wakes up to the realisation that these refugees are not freeloaders after all, but are literally fighting for their very existence, and are willing to risk life and limb to be allowed settlement in Europe. Since the Arab spring in 2011, the Assad regime has struggled to maintain control with the rise of the various rebel groups such as the Free Syrian Army and ISIS among them.
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Inside the Benighted Regions of the Arab World
There have been many adjectives used to describe the region we call the Middle East. One such description given by David Keyes, the executive director of Advancing Human Rights, a non-profit organization promoting human rights around the world, was the ‘Kingdom of hate’. Harsh perhaps, but be in no doubt, the Arab world remains a benighted place at this time where the harshest of punishments are feted out to its citizens for often minor transgressions, and where women’s freedoms are closely monitored and even revoked by their rulers.
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Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Christopher Evans
'A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step'
'The person who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The person who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever seen before." Albert Einstein
“The artist’s task is to save the soul of mankind; and anything less is a dithering while Rome burns. If artists cannot find the way, then the way cannot be found.”
-Terence McKenna
Contacting Christopher Evans
If you wish to contact me please email me at cevans@criteye.com or alte atively telephone +44 7793458229.
How to get started
My website would be a good place to start learning about me and my interests. Here you will find various articles covering issues affecting society today as well as other news features. The main aim of these articles is raise awareness and remove ignorance in an entertaining and informative way.
Other highlights
My influences include author and war correspondent John Pilger, philosopher Terence McKenna, and Martin Luther king Jr among others.