August 3, 2021 Sporting heroes and mental health It’s the Tokyo Olympics and the pressure on Chinese athletes to perform has never been greater. It has to be …
July 28, 2021 This golden thread They say there’s a thread in our lives, which in some manner holds, guides and leads us. It’s damned hard …
July 15, 2021 The Garden of Sadness The Garden of Sadness is not a place anyone wants to go. We’d prefer to be happy than sad, and …
July 15, 2021 Being Simon There are many ways to reflect on our lives. One way is to consider the what, the how and the …
July 12, 2021 It’s a security issue Sometimes, when we’re looking for security, we take ourselves to a prison. It’s certainly secure, all bars and locks. But …
July 7, 2021 The benefits of traffic calming For a moment, and it need not be long Turn away from entertainment and the consumption of news And enter …
June 29, 2021 What is bad language? How are we to use language? And yes, I’m aware of the absurdity of the question. Here I am having …
June 26, 2021 The Never Ending Story Some words spoken at the Christening of my granddaughter, Gloria: A long time ago, as a family, we’d sometimes stop …
June 22, 2021 The people of the lie In the Semitic tradition, it is far worse to lie than to be deluded. Ignorance is bleak but deceit is …
