There’s great value in understanding others There’s a great scene in the film The Last Samurai, when Katsumoto, played by Ken Watanabe, greets Tom Cruise’s character Nathan Algren for the first time. Short as it is, we see the importance to Katsumoto of properly greeting Algren. This is his first Read more…
Life Skills – Habitualising your New Year Resolutions By the time you read this post you may have already failed in your New Year Resolution. If so, you will not be alone. Research by ABC News in the US suggested that 80% of us will fail in this regard, other Read more…
Banner photo by Sam Balye on Unsplash 5 tips every Head Teacher should tell their pupils before the Summer With the summer holidays a matter of days away, every Head Teacher will be looking to wish their pupils a safe and happy summer break. Unfortunately we should not take for granted that all Read more…
The horror of senseless attacks Yesterday, the 13th of June 2023, three wholly innocent people were killed, murdered, in Nottingham. While the police and the authorities are still trying to work out exactly what happened and why, it is clear that the victims were in the wrong place at the Read more…
How to keep control of your emotions as the weather boils As the UK issues its first ever red warning for extreme heat, experts have regularly warned of the physical risk to ourselves, our animals and, our properties, all brought about by this unusual burst of heat. But, the affects Read more…
It’s nearly the New Year and driven by positive intent, many of us will be thinking about where we are in our lives and what we want to achieve in the next year. Will we change jobs, study for that extra qualification, finally do that marathon, learn Spanish or lose Read more…
Eight die in concert crowd On 5th November 2021 the crowd at the Astroworld music festival in Houston Texas suddenly surged forward. Within minutes, eleven people suffered cardiac arrests through the crushing of the bodies. Although emergency services were able to recover them from the crowd, eight subsequently died of 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…
Good question. The world has never before presented so much opportunity to so many of us. We can literally reach across the world to start new businesses, ask for support and build relationships. Borders and distances which once would have stopped us seem relatively inconsequential, by-passable with a little bit Read more…