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  • 10 Sep 2012
    London 2012, a reshuffle and the honours system

    'Honour' is both an abstract noun and a verb. These characteristics have become somewhat confused as sacked government ministers are rewarded and Olympic and Paralympic athletes feted for the achievements which have delighted and inspired so many over the last few weeks.

  • 20 Aug 2012
    Atos and the Paralympics

    Atos, the company that conducts Work Capability Assessments (WCA) for the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), is sponsoring the Paralympics. The irony of this is almost beyond words. A company causing fear and distress to countless disabled people is attempting to improve its image by associating itself with the achievements of other disabled people.

  • 13 Jul 2012
    Paralympic Games challenge churches on disability action

    Churches in Britain are organizing celebrations and activities in the run-up to the Paralympic Games, but are also challenged on disability provision themselves.

  • 30 May 2012
    Bread and circuses

    The Roman satirist Juvenal lamented the fact that his fellow citizens had given up being politically engaged and were happy to sell their votes to politicians in exchange for free food and entertainment; ‘bread and circuses’. Let’s hope that 2000 years later we’ve not become even cheaper, settling for just the circuses.