Autonomy and the right to be.
Who decides what you can and can’t do? As adults we like to think we are in control of our thoughts and actions, that we have the tools to make […]
The state we’re in.
A central tennant of the Conservative Party is that of the small state. In other words: minimal governance and regulation, a belief in market forces and minimal commitment to citizens […]
Raise your voice!
I’m very aware that I haven’t been blogging for a while. Partly this is because I wanted to avoid transmitting the negativity I have been feeling thanks to the current […]
Money can’t buy …
The current background of political lies, lawbreaking and corruption in the UK (and elsewhere of course) has drawn my attention to the role of the press in masking truth and […]
Updating my personal story of #open
Looking through Twitter in preparation for the upcoming #OER22 conference I spotted an invitation on twitter to share our stories of serendipity and open. I followed this invitation and discovered […]
A day for reflecting.
Today is a national day of reflection . I have to admit that this seems to be muddied by some of the many awful things going on at the moment […]
Christmas presence
We are all expecting presents this holiday, we may have spent many hours shopping for presents for loved ones too. However, we cannot be sure of their presence on the […]
The will to carry on.
When I saw this tweet recently it reminded me that I had been brewing a post about the importance of saying no for a while. Some of my thoughts were […]
The bleedin’ obvious.
Apparently there are both male and female courgette flowers. The males are more showy, they attract the pollinators. Only the fertilized female flowers bear fruit. I have managed to get […]
Break the chain
“Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains” J-J Rousseau. As I finally sit down to capture my reflections on the much hyped technology Blockchain, I was quickly […]
Espace Sisyphe 