The Holocaust and other genocide normally are taken as one big event, however, to understand our values as a country I believe that we need to look back. The fact however remains the same, ‘we didn’t keep our promise of never again,’ but we all have a responsibility to prevent genocide, This year I’m going to try something different, marking […]
A reflection on the 2020 US election.
We all have various identity’s, ones we can and can’t control these identities are shaped throughout our life, they evolve and change by what we do and who we are friends with. The first identity we are assigned is male or female, I don’t want to get into gender identity as I believe its not my area of expertise. But […]
Our world has been changed over the last few months, nearly all of our lives have been changed by Coronavirus. In this piece, I want to explore how our life may be changed forever, the long term impacts on us and what we may need to keep long term. Since we began to go into various lockdowns many of us […]
On the 27 January 1945, the Red Army liberated Auschwitz the biggest mass murder site in the history of the world. Seventy-five years on, and amongst the ever-growing division of Europe and the world, the warning from the Holocaust and all the genocides since is of where the division can lead. With Brexit just days away, we cannot allow the […]
Note – This was written before the General Election It’s impossible to say what the world will look like in 2044, but one thing is certain it will look quite different. This ‘The Question’ is not about predicting what might happen in the next quarter of a century, but the challenges and changes which face us and our world. The […]
English, is not commonly used to describe national identity by people but is that because of our history? The empire was built by mainly English people, starting with Wales in 1536, this was when Henry VIII was king it took a number of years for the union to be so intertwined. The Welsh government wouldn’t reform until 1999 The story […]
In recent years, I believe more young people have become engaged with political and issues around the world, like climate change, Brexit and Trump. I wonder, is this being stirred by hardening lines on both the left and right which means the young want to be in the centre. Recently, the young have become engaged over climate change and the […]
The world has changed there is no doubt that our world has changed so much. Ten years ago the global economy plunged into its biggest recession since the 1930’s, then in late 2010 a Tunisian man set his self on fire sparking a series of civil wars and uprisings across the Middle East. Then, of course, president Trump and Brexit. […]
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. […]