The Question – What do we do with our buildings?

We recently watched the great cathedral of Notre Dame burn, a moment when you have to really pinch yourself as you watched what looked to be the end of the cathedral. But, it poses a question how do we protect our historic buildings for future generations and what does it say about us? Many of these country houses were built […]

The Question – Why love to hate our NHS?

Our NHS entered it seventh decade in 2017, its something we both love and hate, can find frustrating but praise when we get the care and support, we all need. The health service was created by Nye Bevan, no relation, based on one key principal which remains today, ‘Healthcare should be free to everyone regardless of ability to pay.’ In […]

What makes a role model?

We all have different role models, or people we look up to these can be both good (mostly) and bad. Mostly we describe role models as ‘A person who serves as an example of the values, attitudes, and behaviours associated with a role.’ Normally we think of role models as people like Nelson Mandela, Ayrton Senna, or big global stars. […]