This morning, I took our eldest to an open day for a sixth-form college they’re thinking about attending next year. Just like that, they’re all grown up, plotting their course, making plans for the future. I admit, this has taken me by surprise, for it seems like only yesterday they were sweet infants, so dependent. …
Those who find themselves ridiculous.
Why say it, when someone has already said it better? Rish! purposefully grips his lectern – but shows he has no grip of the country John Crace
What is it that concerns the ordinary man and woman of Britain? Is it contrived culture wars pitting community against community? Or are they worried about four years of disruption to their children’s education, their curriculum barely covered by the unending stream of supply teachers, science taught without a single lab experiment? Or are they …
For what it’s worth you’re my warrior.
Helping my elderly neighbour with his computer is a real eye-opener. There’s so much we take for granted, which others simply don’t understand. It’s a good lesson in the importance of simplifying transactions when we build services for populations with a range of needs.
What you call ghettos, I see as minority communities keeping the British high street alive. On my return from the airport on Saturday night, I had to make a diversion through Slough after forgetting to exit the M4 onto the M25. Making my way through the centre of the town, heading north towards Beaconsfield, what …
Rays of the same lamp; shared wisdom.
The rising far-right, growing increasingly mainstream, is intent on pitting Muslim against Jew. But familiarise yourself with the Jewish Voice for Labour, the UK Jewish Coalition, Jewish Voice for Peace, Jews for Justice, Jewish Network for Palestine, and many other grassroots organisations, and you will find that really isn’t so. Perhaps we could say right-wing …
The tragedy with all these politicians and commentators that talk about antisemitism is that by their actions they reveal they don’t understand why we talk about antisemitism. None of them seem capable of reflecting that it was rhetoric like their own, and the constant vitriol against a minority community — in this case the Jewish …
My wife has good advice for me: “Don’t let your work make you ill.” But as Monday morning gets underway, and I’m already being pinged from all directions, I must admit that’s easier said than done. I should start my day with a dua: “I seek refuge in the Lord of the worlds from the …
