“Stay Alert” is the new formal government advice for our next stage of the Coronavirus outbreak. It’s common sense some say, while others hold their hands up and exclaim they don’t know what that means. Well, in a world where we had to be re-taught how to wash our hands, Read more…
Since the Coronavirus Lockdown started, crime has changed, and not always in the way we may have expected. Some news would have it that crime has dropped, and that is a common perception, but this is only partially correct. You are now vulnerable in different ways and you need to Read more…
The government advice for the coronavirus outbreak is very clear. If you are not needed at work, or if you’re able to work from home, then you should stay at home. For those of us in that category, that means a period of at least three weeks, so far, with Read more…
Across the United Kingdom, everybody is now into self-isolation because of the Coronavirus outbreak. We are all directed to stay at home unless we are key workers, only to leave those homes for essential activities, like shopping, and to exercise once per day. The roads around the country are visibly Read more…
Coronavirus has changed the nature of how the UK operates over a few short weeks and many people are understandably frightened and worried by the huge uncertainty we all face. There has been fighting in the supermarket aisles over toilet rolls. Thousands of businesses have collapsed in 20 days. Tens Read more…
For eight months, in 2015-2016, I worked in Sierra Leone as a part of the British Government effort to help the country overcome its deadly Ebola virus outbreak. My specific job was to work with their Office of National Security, to help them build capacity to manage their own disaster Read more…