Thousands of people around the world joined a global climate change protest yesterday, with pupils walking out of schools and workers downing tools to demand action. The British demonstrators numbered about 100,000. The British Education Secretary Gavin Williamson predictably said “every child” should be in school. “They should be learning, they shouldn’t be bunking off and …
When Cordelia Mellon Scaife was born in 1928 she was the world’s “richest baby”. Her grand-uncle, the industrialist-turned-U.S. treasury secretary Andrew Mellon, spent his lifetime squeezing workers and fighting to cut rich people’s taxes. But Mellon’s impact on American life didn’t end with his 1937 death. His heir Richard Mellon Scaife — Cordelia’s brother — …
Chronic back pain is on the rise – in part because the way we treat it often does more harm than good. It’s time to think differently about our aches. One in four adults are experiencing it right now, and 90 per cent of people having back pain at least once in their life. Nearly a …
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Apparently, an increasing number of men want joy, laughter and happiness in a girlfriend – and no drama. They appear to be looking for a partner who never gets angry, afraid or sad, who never worries about her family, money or her job, never complains, and by extension, gives the impression she will be quite …
I owe the readers an apology. I have spent far too much time alluding to politics on this blog, something Epicurus would tut-tut about were he with us and had a computer. I live between the US and the UK, both unhappy places, and have allowed myself ( I like to think for patriotic reasons) …
