Archive - Opinionated takes on current affairs and history

W for What's Next?

This maverick is moving on from looking back

Nov 6, 2024 •

October 2024

V for Volunteering

A half century of helping out wherever I've lived

Oct 30, 2024 •

U for Unemployment

And a period of unstable employment

Oct 23, 2024 •

A 'blueprint for colonisation' tested in the Irish midlands

Oct 16, 2024 •

S for South Africa

A tale of misplaced optimism

Oct 9, 2024 •

R for Retailing

Take a risk or stick to what you know? I found out the hard way.

Oct 2, 2024 •

September 2024

A plethora of systems ensure quality in manufacturing but how can we ensure quality in creative work?

Sep 25, 2024 •

Four hectic years, three failed marriages, one lost job.

Sep 18, 2024 •

Revealing secret sexual preferences to hurt and shame

Sep 11, 2024 •

N for Nightmares and Naive Notions of Nationalism

Reflections on current conflicts and consequent migration

Sep 4, 2024 •

August 2024

A city girl escapes the London Blitz for life in rural Herefordshire

Aug 28, 2024 •

Centre-Left revival in the 1980s

Aug 21, 2024 •

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