“This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.” The Dalai Lama I love this quotation. It would seem unlikely that such a straightforward and simple outlook on life from the top of the world …
“It’s all very well to show courtesy to visiting Muslim dignitaries, but the lengths we went to in Rome last week to please Hassan Rouhani were farcical. The Iranian president and his entourage must have been utterly bemused, when they went for a ceremonial event to the Capitoline Museums, to find big wooden boxes placed …
The following is part of a letter from Nicolas Dennis of Winchester, published in the London Review of Books: “I see the Lansley Act of 2012 as the latest stage in a long process of fragmentation, marketisation, and erosion of professionalism (that started under Mrs. Thatcher). There are two effects of this process that I think …
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I don’t personally know Fred Rotondaro, but he wrote to me out of the blue, explaining the role of an organisation of which he is a member, Patriotic Millionaires. This is a group of rich people who support the role of government and want to turn back the clock to a time when government wanted …
Americans are now watching the last series of Downton Abbey. In the days of the landed aristocracy and a large domestic servant population, the life of the domestic servant could offer a degree of predictability, security and comradeship; it could also be demeaning, exploitative and cruel, depending on the family and the boss. As soon …
