Bernadine Evaristo I’m male, pale and perhaps a bit stale, or so the saying goes. There is not much I can do about the first two but I hope I can work on the last point. Perhaps there is something I can do though. I could start by thinking about the issues around diversity and … Continue reading Male and pale
Find a cure
Image thanks to Yale School of Health It’s fantastic news that several vaccines have been found to address the COVID-19 pandemic. We are still a long way away from being in the clear but the pharmaceutical companies and science in general have made amazing strides forward in such a short space of time. Interesting fact: … Continue reading Find a cure
Freedom from dogma
Iamge thanks to AZ Quotes Over the last few weeks I have had the chance to mention my freedom agenda in various conversations. Freedom from location, freedom from hierarchy and freedom from dogma. If you want to know more it is in my book ‘Paradigms Lost’. With the last one I have always referred to … Continue reading Freedom from dogma
Wear a bracelet
Image thanks to Fox Business From the Independent: ‘People in the UK who test negative for coronavirus should be given a wristband to help them identify themselves as Covid-free, a government advisory body has recommended. Allowing citizens who display the wristband to move around more freely would help the country recover more quickly, according to … Continue reading Wear a bracelet
Just giving
Image thanks to PsychologyToday In the last week I have been offered gifts for doing something that I would have done for free anyway. In both cases I declined but in the end, at their persuasive insistence, I relented to one of them. Both tested my values. The first case was easier to deal with. … Continue reading Just giving
Click and collect
Ah, the inside of a shop This lockdown has been very different to the first one. Who knows, it may be very different to the next one, if indeed another one comes. There is a lot more traffic on the roads, probably because the schools are still open but also due to the large number … Continue reading Click and collect
Different folks
How many blogs have I started off with the words ‘I’m reading a book’? I’m not sure either but here’s another. The book I’m reading is one of those different types of people books. There are a few of them about, in which they attempt to categorise people into personality types. This book has four, … Continue reading Different folks
A difference of opinion
Image thanks to Acepnow.com I have been reading a book for a long time now, ‘The ant and the Peacock’ by Helena Cronin. For some reason I am reading it in Spanish, having picked it up at Barter Books and this could explain why it is taking me so long. Two pages a day is … Continue reading A difference of opinion
Commodified giving
Since lockdown I have done my big shop almost exclusively at Morrisons. It’s handy as it’s local and I can get nearly everything that we need. On the way out, just after the tills there are a couple of cages set aside for the Wansbeck food bank. Food banks have always troubled me. In many … Continue reading Commodified giving
Background checks
Now that's just showing off - image thanks to Dartmouth College It’s amazing how quickly we have become used to seeing the insides of people’s homes. Whether it is on a work call or an interview on television, more and more content is coming from inside where people live. The quality of the speaker and … Continue reading Background checks
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 