All they want for Xmas is a Toilet of their own
Having access to a toilet is something that we in the West take for granted as Angela explained on WORLD TOILET DAY. The lack of access to sanitation including a toilet has implications for at least 2.6 Billion folk in the developing world Mark Tran explains in The Guardian, Sanitation related diseases such as diarrhoea [...]
Lets talk about Food #bad11
It is world food day and the theme for BLOG ACTION DAY 2011 is food. Over at Ethnic Supplies blog I have asked the question What are the poor doing to secure their food? It would appear that the odds are stacked against them, they pay more for food, in Africa folk are losing their land [...]
Troy Davis- Wots his name?
Up until Tuesday20th September 2011 I had never heard of Troy Davis but he had made it into the news bulletin of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. The news headline went along the lines- black man on death row for killing a white man following which they gave the names of both the deceased and [...]
Australia PM’s attempts to sell refugees to Malaysia thwarted by courts
The Reith Lecture of 2009 was delivered by Professor Sandel and his subject was a NEW FORM OF CITIZENSHIP. Of the 4 lectures, I was especially interested by lecture 3 entitled MARKETS AND MORALS if you have time to listen, here is the link. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00kt7sh. In this lecture Prof Sandel asks some interesting questions that [...]
Can councils evict those involved in UK Riots?
In the face of the lawlessness that has engulfed British cities this week, legislators, policy makers and politicians are determined to throw the book at those responsible. Whilst some amongst the rioters anticipated an appearance in court or even jail time if caught most would not have expected to lose their council home in the [...]
All that jazz – All in A Day
If I sat down and really thought about what I could achieve in a single day, I might be able to come up with some interesting challenges that I think might be possible…. but record a whole album? Well that would probably not be one of them, even if I had the requisite talents. But [...]
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