I popped out at dusk one evening this week to post a letter (for younger readers, this was how people used to communicate until the late 1900s). I live across the road from my previous employer, the University of Hull, and I saw there was a flag at the top of the flagpole on the […]
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The often called ‘jewel in the crown’ of the British welfare state is beginning to look more like a ‘fly in the ointment’ of the nation. When I see that they are continuing with restrictions to visitors entering hospitals, with some places imposing an outright ban, I wonder if the ‘N’ in NHS stands for
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I retired from the higher education sector earlier this year having taught for 32 years in four universities. When people ask if I am enjoying retirement, I recount the various things I still do such as PhD supervision, online teaching on overseas courses and editing an academic journal. But I assure them I am enjoying
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We have just endured the longest three weeks of our lives, by which I am referring to the ‘sombrero squashing’ three weeks of lockdown that began in March 2020. Along with a host of other restrictions, however vestigial, this endured until February 2022 and, as I write, it is still not completely over. Civil service
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