Recent Blogs.- TECHNOLOGY IS A DANGEROUS FRIEND January 25, 2021Conversations about technology go back a long way. Progress has always been symbolised by technological advances. Yet what it’s constantly done is to promise a better life. Promises. Promises. The most difficult conversations in recent times have circled around communication which is curious given our glorious command of language for hundreds of years. People I knew […]
- THE TRUTH MUST WIN January 18, 2021When I was small if you were caught “telling stories” you were for it. Yet today the story, not the truth, is what matters. That’s why the Times (once known as “The Thunderer”) is now more aptly “The Chuckler” full of stories rather than news and truth.Last Saturday a succession of stories and articles convinced me […]
- SAY NO TO WOE January 11, 2021I must be living a sheltered life because I recently heard a word new to me. “Doom-scrolling”. It’s defined as "an excessive amount of screen time devoted to the absorption of dystopian news" (!). I realised I was becoming a “doom-scroller” watching the American Dream crumble as the Capitol was invaded by bearded hippies.I then […]
- LOOK TO THE FUTURE NOW, IT'S ONLY JUST BEGUN January 4, 2021When Slade first sang this iconic Christmas song in 1980 it was against the background of the worst recession for over 30 years, inflation of 18% and mass unemployment. Slade’s lead singer, Noddy Holder, said it was their attempt to cheer up people and get them to visualise a better future. It’s how we need […]
- 'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS... December 21, 2020Christmas has always been about anticipation; a build-up to a magical event. Whether you’re Christian or not the Christmas story and carols are wonderful. Through the year we drearily sing hymns like “We plough the fields and scatter” (enough to put anyone off farming.) At Christmas we have gems like “Jesus Christ the Apple Tree” […]
- TECHNOLOGY IS A DANGEROUS FRIEND January 25, 2021