2017 – A Better Year?
We all get there together or we don’t get there at all. From the movie ~ Hidden Figures The first half of 2016 was reasonably calm....
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Jun 22, 20162 min read
The Fallacy of a Referendum
The EU Referendum debate was an opportunity for us to have an intelligent discussion about some of the challenges that we face as a...
Aug 20, 20154 min read
Remembering the Key and Common Purpose
I was a School Governor i.e. on the Board for a School for close to 10 years. As I was a Founding Director not only did I share in the...
Feb 25, 20152 min read
Unwarranted Segregation?
When I speak in Schools and Colleges on issues of diversity, inclusion and engagement, I have on occasion shown a BNP video in which a...
Dec 24, 20145 min read
Do They Know It’s Christmas?
A couple of months back I was at a friend’s place. We were just having a general conversation when an appeal message for children in need...
Aug 13, 20143 min read
A Friend’s Experience of Depression
After I woke up on Monday to the news that Robin Williams had passed away and I learnt of the circumstances, I said I hoped that his...
May 23, 20144 min read
Bringing Back Our Girls
A few weeks back I was speaking at a conference in Denmark. I asked the audience whether anyone had heard about the girls that were...
Feb 10, 20142 min read
Unconsciously Biasing Children
I recently found myself watching the “Doll test” An experiment where children, black and white are shown two different dolls at the same...
Dec 24, 20132 min read
A Visit to Marks & Spencer
I’ve just got come from a shopping trip to Marks & Spencer and I must say that I’m pleased to have learnt before I left that they will...
Dec 21, 20133 min read
Food Banks
Little deeds of kindness, little words of love, make our earth an Eden, like the heaven above. Little Drops of Water by Julia Carney,...
Nov 13, 20131 min read
Where’s Your Poppy?
I have a poppy, which I choose to wear and I wear it with great pride. It actually looks just like this one worn by young Nicholas on...
Jul 16, 20135 min read
Race, Legislation and a Legacy for future Generations.
I started following the case of Travyon Martin from across the ocean here in England from the earlier days. From the early days, I mean...
Jul 15, 20132 min read
Trying to Eat Healthily
For the first time ever, courtesy of Sainsbury’s I drank vegetable juice (combined with fruit juice) this past weekend. I’m pretty...
Jul 7, 20135 min read
Reflecting on 7th July… In 2005 and 2013.
Today, the 7th July 2013 marks the 8th anniversary of the London bombing by four terrorists. It’s also the morning that we wake up to the...
Nov 25, 20122 min read
The Rotherham Foster Case
I followed the media frenzy regarding the Rotherham Council fostering case yesterday. I refer to it as the Rotherham Fostering case as...
Nov 3, 20124 min read
The Good and Bad in Us ALL
When the Jimmy Savile scandal first broke, I had no idea how bad things were, but I knew there were bad – the abuse of anyone is bad, the...
Jan 7, 20124 min read
The Enduring Issue of Racism
First I clicked on Stan Collymore’s name. I discovered that with no apparent reason, someone had decided to rein racial abuse on him via...
Dec 11, 20113 min read
The Power of an Idea
Did you know… £5 provides water for a family for a week? £10 pays for a rural health care worker for a week? £25 feeds a family of six...
Sep 3, 20112 min read
New Orleans – Do Whatcha Wanna
If you’re a real jazz enthusiast you will probably know that New Orleans and Jazz are synonymous as New Orleans is the birth place of...
Aug 31, 20111 min read
New Orleans – The Working Poor
You may remember in the days immediately after Hurricane Katrina – a lot of questions were raised as to why people did not leave New...
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