What will talk radio have us raging about this morning? Today’s agenda is “useless parents” who “can’t be bothered” to educate their kids and it not being the job of the state to teach children basic life skills. But, of course, this is nonsense. What are Health Visitors for, if not to help orientate new …
Not long ago, I thought I was standing up for truth and justice, and all that is good and virtuous. Now I doubt what I was defending, absolutely. What if I was completely mistaken? What if my conclusions and assumptions were all wrong? What if the information I gathered was suspect? What if my efforts …
I toy with returning to Windows as my desktop ecosystem of choice. I always was a Windows man, before one of my previous managers converted me, helped along by my dad. A Dell XPS or Surface Laptop might suit me very nicely, I sometimes think, although it’s more likely I’d be offered some scruffy Dell …
Why do I do it? Turning to talk radio on my return from the school run? What will it be this morning? Terry from Guildford indulging in casual racism, misinformation and the justification of war crimes? I’m sure he’s a lovely bloke when you meet him in the flesh. Just don’t get him started on …
Strange. The very same people who have been so vocally campaigning against immigration — declaring that refugees are not welcome — are now found calling for the forced expulsion of native people from their own lands, to make new lives elsewhere. What, in the UK, USA, Canada, Germany? Seriously? Why not open the doors to …
Do oppressors not fear the prayers of the oppressed?
There’s that name again: Fujitsu, winner of hundreds of government IT contracts over the past thirty years. I first encountered them twenty years ago when I was employed to support a project manager rolling out elements of a national programme for IT locally. Fujitsu, a major supplier for the programme, went big with the freebies. …
In the midst of fertility investigations, you’ve diagnosed your patient as having a common chromosome disorder. You may only be concerned about the fertility implications, but this is a combined diagnosis which must be managed sensitively. Sadly, it rarely is. This is probably the worst possible time for your patient to discover what was wrong …
You spent too many years of your life reflecting on what couldn’t be, and too little truly reflecting on all that came to pass. The friends you didn’t make. The courses you didn’t take. The degree you didn’t do. The relationships that didn’t happen. The career that didn’t develop. The failure you seemed to have …
“Be careful, or he’ll be after you.” These were the words that used to be said about me, making my youthful life pure misery. Whenever I sat with someone new, they would quickly be advised to stay far away from me. Alhamdulilah for that. For what followed was a voyage of discovery, until I finally …
The Post Office scandal has opened our eyes to gross injustice in our society. The question is: how many others have had their lives destroyed by such miscarriages of justice? How many more, slandered in the media and tried in court, will turn out to be innocent of their alleged crimes? Who dares contemplate that …
What are parents for anyway? They will only say no. The world is your oyster… and the web brings it closer. So… forget your parents… and their outdated “concerns” aka no to everything. Mint yourself your own account and do whatever you like. Throw off your shackles, cut yourself off, do your own thing. They …
We feel we’re failing. But the reality is most people caring for an elderly relative with dementia feel this way. Support is available. I should know this better than anyone, for my portfolio includes a website signposting help for carers. It’s more complicated in our case, though, as the one in need does not have …
British media reports a shocking rise in online radicalisation referrals over past three months. Newsflash: injustice radicalises people. Corporate and state indifference to injustice radicalises them even more.
