I've been thinking a lot about loneliness. It is the scourge of modern living. The paradox is that in a time of dense population and high net migration there is a growing number of people who suffer from social isolation. It is a complex problem which cannot be solved with simplistic answers. Very few can, yet … Continue reading Technically lonely
Smart Stanley Website Lunch
The rise of digital services and online trading is often seen as a threat to the high street as trade is drawn away from traditional ‘bricks and mortar’ outlets to online shops. Digital services however offer much more than online trading, such as the ability to provide information, promote business and visitor attractions as well … Continue reading Smart Stanley Website Lunch
Unfolding plans 154 – Making some noise
I must admit to listening to Classic FM on the way into work and back home again. I used to listen to the news on Radio 4 and found that I would get wound up by whatever the main story was that day. The format of generating an argument between two opposing camps wore me … Continue reading Unfolding plans 154 – Making some noise
A year of work in progress – day 207
Day 207 – 2 December 2014 I must start off with an apology. Yesterday I may have inadvertently given the impression that I would be on the VIP table for the Great Staff, Great Stuff awards event. It turns out that I was close but it was no cigar. I was on the next table … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 207
Market places
Markets must be one of the oldest forms of trading in the world with people spreading their wares on a simple table or on the ground yet in this country they are in decline. At least this is what we were told tonight at a meeting of the Stanley Area Action Partnership in a presentation … Continue reading Market places
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 