Making the signal: virtue and conflict

by | Nov 5, 2020

As we approach Remembrance Sunday, the usual arguments over poppy colour have been a little less strident as memorial celebrations are subject to lockdown this year. As we approach Remembrance Sunday, the usual arguments over poppy colour have been a little less...

Poverty and hunger – accept no excuses

by | Oct 22, 2020

The capacity of our society to create confusion, distraction and obfuscation around the issue of poverty and economic injustice seems almost unlimited. The capacity of our society to create confusion, distraction and obfuscation around the issue of poverty and...

A fantasy Cabinet for a better reality

by | Oct 14, 2020

On top of its countless other failings, one of the features of our current government is an absence of fresh or original thinking. On top of its countless other failings, one of the features of our current government is an absence of fresh or original thinking. Faced...

We need to stop our children being monetised

by | Oct 7, 2020

Student accommodation is a lucrative business. Student accommodation is a lucrative business. One investment website says gross yields can be around 10-15 per cent, and adds, “Following the 2008 global downturn, it consistently remained one of the world’s best...

War, pandemic and Christopher Robin

by | Oct 1, 2020

It can sometimes be advantageous to arrive late. I did not pay much attention to the film Goodbye Christopher Robin when it first appeared in 2017. It can sometimes be advantageous to arrive late. I did not pay much attention to the film Goodbye Christopher Robin when...