Monthly Archives: November 2020

I remember listening to the problems some African countries had getting access to radiation sources for cancer therapy. Some of the stories were horrific. I find it hard to talk about them. The stories I heard about one African country … Continue reading →

Strange how we create a brain for things like plants and animals. I was reading about studies in to pets recently. Pet owners commonly call themselves mum or dad. But it was interesting hearing how many had added their pets … Continue reading →

I was watching a quiz programme today that listed some of the richest people in the world. We need to eat to live, but there is only so much we can eat. I started to wonder about the ability to … Continue reading →

Qantas have announced that they will not carry passengers unless they have had a vaccination. Interesting concept. I got to thinking how this could become the norm in so many places, particularly entertainment venues. Then I started to think about … Continue reading →

As we head toward the end of the Trump presidency people are starting to worry about the damage he will do as he leaves. There were reports regarding leaving the Open Skies agreement, not ordering replacement aircraft and scrapping the … Continue reading →

Sometimes it s worth just looking away from the headlines to see what is going on but not being noticed. I spotted that the revised BBC news pages had narrowed down the amount of smaller reports, the sort of thing … Continue reading →

I remember the times when there was a lot of discussion about religious symbols in the workplace – an airline employee got in to trouble for wearing a religious symbol on a neclace. In our open plan office there were … Continue reading →

I was struck today by the thought that so many churches need to have “a confession” as part of their services. Some churches even have special little boxes where you can confess. At the same time I see people in … Continue reading →

An interesting set of complaints about the film Music for failing to cast an autistic person to play an autistic person. I remember similar comments about a straight man being cast to play a gay man. The arguments for and … Continue reading →

New results from ONS today show a negative growth rate for the North West. So far we have not seen the effects of the lockdown or the city wide testing, this is the effect of Tier 3. All the indications … Continue reading →