Commentaries

Antonio Rudiger, black top-class footballer for Chelsea, reported racist abuse during the match versus Tottenham on 22nd December. The abuse concerned was monkey noises coming from the crowd.  Media coverage has…

Part 3. Stress affects all our lives. Resilience is the counter to excessive stress. Both the causes and levels of stress vary from person to person. As noted in Parts…

Part 2. Part one of this series of commentaries highlighted the importance of self- awareness, self-esteem and taking responsibility for ourselves. We can ask ourselves a few questions:  What is…

Part 1 Recent reminders of heroic feats and grim determination of the military and civilians in World War 2, such as those of D Day, have stirred emotions of admiration…

“Boris Johnson has proved himself a great politician. Now he has to show he can be a great prime minister.” To read the above in the weekend Financial Times was…

The hallmark of this election has been the rush to commit billions of pounds of taxpayers’ money to Government led plans of all sorts and by all parties- whether NHS,…

Freedom of thought and speech is to be treasured as the pillar of British values and requires no Government budget. Without it there is no freedom at all. However, with…

Imagine you have received via the internet, uninvited, on to your phone a pornographic video incorporating paedophilia. You never look at it. You do not report it to the police.…

Activities which increase climate change awareness and encourage less carbon emissions are desirable. “Meat: A Threat to Our Planet”, a BBC production, achieved just that objective. It focussed heavily on…

Drug/substance abuse destroys lives and families across the UK. Its victims may live in degradation, together with their children; their lives may have little purpose except finding the next fix;…