This article was inspired by Rebel Ideas by Matthew Syed, a book everyone should read. Think of the most intelligent person you know. This may be an aunt who is a doctor, a cousin with a good degree, or even just a friend who seems to always know the answer. These people will have gained …
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Childhood Criminals: Damaged or Dangerous?
Roald Dahl once said, “The more risks you allow your children to take, the better they learn to look after themselves.” Dahl, in his writing and philosophy, was an advocate of children staying children as long as possible, but he was challenged on this. It has been suggested by parents, educators and child psychologists that …
Rioting.
“A riot is the language of the unheard.” Martin Luther King Jr. There seems to be no end to the violence we have seen in the world in the past year; saturated with sadness, anger and confusion. Recently it seems that we cannot go a day without some amount of bad news on our screens. …
Disillusioned Donations
Whilst the country remains in lockdown for another week and the return to business as usual remains in the distant future, thousands of new cases of coronavirus are being announced each day in the UK, coupled with hundreds of deaths. In normality, the UK is globally regarded as a very polite and grateful nation; and …