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By ruth, 10 July, 2012

Healthy Children?

I recently saw this picture in a local supermarket, and was struck by the dichotomy.

By ruth, 28 November, 2011

Getting fed up with...

I am getting fed up with TV cameramen of late....

Specifically those commissioned to take pictures in science and technology programmes...

By ruth, 28 October, 2011

Are we condemned to repeat history?

A wise man once said "those who don't understand history are condemned to repeat it." In the last few decades we have seen the apparent victory of capitalism in the wake of the collapse of the USSR, and in that time we have also seen its fatal flaws exposed in greed, aggrandizement and folly as the world economy teters on the brink of collapse.

By ruth, 9 July, 2011

Thanks for all the Fish: Can the world continue to fish the oceans?

Back in January I suggested a number of possible blog posts. Though it is disappointing that nobody commented publicly I have had a few encouraging conversations, so here goes on one of those...

Human Beings have fished for food for a very long time: it is certainly measured in multiple millenia. The seas and oceans are also vast, which in the past meant that the human impact of fishing was negligable. In the last few centuries, we have very rapidly increased the population by nearly a thousandfold. The sea, however, has much the same capacity as it always had...

By ruth, 4 January, 2011

On Lifelong Learning

Back in the 19th century, education was something you might go to school for, and but more likely practiced for as an apprentice or "junior". There was an expectation that you would be learning new skills through your life as you progressed through from apprentice level to senior or master. Fast forward to today and there seems to be an expectation that once you leave school, or possibly leave college, your learning days are over ...

By ruth, 16 December, 2010

Court Trials

Just a short post this time, to ask the question: Is it reasonable that in England, a court trial takes as long as it does?

By ruth, 10 October, 2010

The Education System

I have and continue to take an interest in education, and following the recent BBC TV programme "The Classroom Experiment" I've decided to put some thoughts into words, and in particular I would like to challenge the assumption that we know what school is supposed to be doing.

By ruth, 12 September, 2010

On Voting Reform

Some time ago, I stumbled across a website called The Political Compass, whose authors use two dimensions, not just the popular one (left vs right) to define political leanings and find my result was not close to any of the national political parties in England.

By ruth, 2 September, 2010

On Global Warming

I was in a local restaurant recently looking at absolutely torrential rain, and wondered how many people, seeing that, thought "global warming". Certainly a few years ago people were merrily predicting that we would be seeing a mediteranean climate of warm dry summers and cold (dry) winters, but in my mind that was never going to happen.

By ruth, 17 August, 2010

Where to start? Ahh.. Politics!

I've wondered about writing a blog for some time now, and not been sure where to start. I guess the right answer is "the beginning" in most cases, but if I did that we'd be back in the stone age!

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Are we condemned to repeat history?
Thanks for all the Fish: Can the world continue to fish the oceans?
On Lifelong Learning
Court Trials
The Education System
On Voting Reform
On Global Warming
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