Build Back Stronger

Build Back Stronger

Last week the government published its roadmap out of Covid-19 measures. On the assumption that things go according to plan we still face 4 months of restrictions. In total, by the end of June the UK will have been under Covid measures for 15 months. The mental health...
The Power of Now

The Power of Now

I’m sure many of you will have heard of or read Eckhart Tolle’s The Power of Now. Drawing on several, mainly eastern, philosophical approaches Tolle asserts that negative emotions arise from our failure to live our lives in the present moment and from our habit of...
Collaboration for a Better Future

Collaboration for a Better Future

The old year yields to the new. Will the new year be better? Will you do better? Will the country be better? Does the World get better? Inevitably the new year brings thoughts of change with it. And this year there is real change. The UK is now firmly in a...
The New Renaissance

The New Renaissance

In the last few weeks there has been encouraging announcements about Covid-19 vaccines, on the 2nd December the UK’s most recent lockdown (lockdown lite) ended, and the rules governing social gatherings are being relaxed for Christmas. Light at the end of the tunnel I...
Tipping The Scales

Tipping The Scales

By a slim margin Joe Biden is about to become the 46th President of America. But why should we care? Like it or not, because of the size of its economy and military, America is the leader of the West, and therefore the world. Today America still sets the agenda and...