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Bosh! Stevenage Pull No Punches In Grimsby Response

23/08/2017

Questions remain despite robust reply CONTINUE READING

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Fans’ Dignity and Stadium Safety – The Lamex Controversy

22/08/2017

All that is needed, for bad, potentially dangerous practices to prevail, is for the rest of us to do nothing. We should be circumspect to apportion blame,  but most willing to ask awkward questions CONTINUE READING

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US Statue Conflict: Shock But Sadly No Surprise

19/08/2017

It is inevitable that icons from the old Confederacy will be critically challenged in a modern USA with hugely different political and racial demography. CONTINUE READING

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Two Weeks Of Living Danishly*

14/08/2017

Why does this small nation enjoy record levels of happiness and quality of life? CONTINUE READING

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Common Sense? It’s Not Rocket Science!

23/07/2017

Common sense is not rocket science – but it does need to be hard-wired to job content, from methodology to appraisal CONTINUE READING

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Faith And Social Action: A Dilemma For Non-Believers

27/06/2017

The uncomfortable truth is that the connection between faith and social action is a powerful dynamic, doing good stuff that otherwise would not get done, CONTINUE READING

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Camber Sands Inquest Needs To Deliver

26/06/2017

Coast and beach are parts of our identity. Risks are known. But at Camber Sands it was small worldliness that characterised a tragic event. CONTINUE READING

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Needed: Our own Garibaldi to Trump Trumpism

12/02/2017

Do we have too few shared experiences to make us feel part of a mass social movment? CONTINUE READING

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On Leadership

15/01/2017

Why Trump’s behaviour is a problem CONTINUE READING

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“I Don’t Remember, I Don’t Recall” – Dolls’ Houses and the Future of AI

10/01/2017

Artificial Intelligence is on the move, as sure as a river flows to the sea. We need to be ready for the journey. CONTINUE READING

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