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Can’t Get you Out of My Head – Not the Kylie Version!
If you want to know how you came to having your political opinion (whatever your preference) and how it has evolved, can I suggest something? Watch the new documentary series by Adam Curtis, called ‘Can’t get You Out of My head’. It is a fascinating tale of geopolitical shifts that have allowed us to become the confused and some might say broken society, we are today. A series of geopolitical misjudgements, coincidence, and bad luck ...
Holidays in the Sun
I don’t know if it is me who is losing the plot or others, but what is so confusing about booking holidays? Anyone who follows the news must know by now this government hasn’t got a clue what it is doing, so why look to them to see if there is any chance of having a holiday this year? I would like a holiday this year, but I don’t know if I can have one or not, so I am not going to get all flustered about it. However, if I were in a ...
Procrastination that Failed a Nation
When I am working, I have had to get myself into the habit of dealing with boring matters as they come into my email box before they become an escalating problem. I have this terrible habit of ignoring the uninteresting, yet vital things, until it is almost too late. I’m a bit like the kid at the breakfast table frantically doing his homework on its due date a full three weeks after it has been set. Proactive Satisfaction The funny ...
Can Science Stamp out the Covid Fires?
Ever since I became an amateur epidemiologist last March, I have been following the Coronavirus epidemic with morbid fascination. The amount I have learnt is negligible, but I can say with confidence, I know more than I did a year ago, when I didn’t even know what a virus was. If, like me, you have (*rapidly taps wooden desk*) avoided these things over the years, it is understandable not to know anything about them. The reason I took an ...
Here We Go Again
Lockdown had to happen. In many ways, when it did, I was quite relieved. The longer we were waiting for the inevitable, the more people were being infected and the longer we would have to wait for a countdown out of this crisis. At least now, we can look forward (with more than a hint of trepidation) hoping for a bit of luck and a fair wind with the vaccine roll out. I don’t know what would happen if the vaccine didn’t work ...