I have been listening to a great podcast recently. It is by former Tory politician, Rory Stewart. It is about how alleged knowledge can cause hubris and bad decision making on the presumption politicians know human behaviour.
Stewart discovers that Human behaviour is often unpredictable, especially when people become aware of policies designed to control their actions. They tend to adapt in unexpected ways, which can undermine the intended ...
To understand the series of conflicts in the Middle East over the last 100 years takes a lot of effort. If you are not a Middle Eastern expert who has studied and worked in this area, you would have to give up years of your time to fully understand it all. There are lots of good websites though and I have been reading a fair bit, checking sources as I do so.
1917 - A Big Date
To even begin to understand the conflict in Middle East, you ...
The first thing I noticed about Tallinn is it is a beautiful city. Its medieval streets are clean, proud, and intriguing.
Arrival
On our arrival, we were greeted by cold and clean air and a walk straight into the street of the Russian embassy. Outside were tens of banners expressing hate towards Putin and his brutal, imperial fantasies. I felt a sense that if Putin dared have a go at Estonia, they would fight like dogs to retain their ...
I have been thinking a lot about racism and prejudice this
week. I still don’t know enough about it to be anywhere near an expert. Still,
I hope what I am about to write makes sense.
The problem as I see it, is there are a lot of people who
have convinced themselves they are not racists because they are fundamentally
decent. They wouldn’t scream racial obscenities like those morons in London
last week; so, in their mind, that means they ...
Born in Bristol in 1636, Colston was an entrepreneur. As his fortune amassed, he gave handsome sums to churches, schools and other good causes and charities. However, Colston’s fortune was made from exploiting roughly 100,000 West Africans. Men, women, and children were taken and thrown on to slave ships heading across the Atlantic.
His statue, until yesterday, represented him as an honourable philanthropist who built Bristol. That is over ...
