It is difficult to know where to begin; so many thousands of words have already been written about the horror of Friday night, when so many people died or were injured in a cluster of separate terrorist attacks in the centre of Paris. Politicians have spoken and continue to do so. Social media has had… Continue reading Paris 13 November 2015
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Je Suis Charlie
48h ago I started to write about Ched Evans, and about discrimination over obesity ( both prompted by listening to the radio whilst driving), but these were eclipsed by the horror in Paris. In a bizarre way there is a link between all three, and the common factor is about freedom. Ten journalists and two… Continue reading Je Suis Charlie
history & humiliation
I had an interesting discussion last week about what blogs are about – the context was a challenge about writing about historical issues on my blog (‘losing a baby’). My challenger stated that blogs must be about contemporary matters, not that which is in the past. I think that she is wrong. The first online… Continue reading history & humiliation
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