14 December 2017 What Is The Point Of University? Dissatisfaction increases. by Lynda Goetz Over the last few months student loans and university tuition fees have been in the news, as well as the apparently excessive pay of a number of university vice-chancellors. In a week when the latter subject has once again been the… Continue reading Issue 133: 2017 12 14: What is the point of university? (Lynda Goetz)
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Issue 132: 2017 12 07: Respect! (Lynda Goetz)
07 December 2017 Respect! Are quiet carriages a thing of the past? By Lynda Goetz At first sight it seems like a fairly trivial issue. Should we still have quiet carriages on trains? Are they really necessary, and if so what exactly are the rules and how should they be policed? It is this latter… Continue reading Issue 132: 2017 12 07: Respect! (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 131:2917 11 30:making a difference (Lynda Goeatz)
30 November 2017 Making a Difference Should we be extra careful now? by Lynda Goetz You’ve probably heard it often in the past, “I am just one person. How can I make a difference?” We probably hear it less these days because with the advent of social media and instant online sharing, not to… Continue reading Issue 131:2917 11 30:making a difference (Lynda Goeatz)
Issue 130: 2017 11 23: Our Blue Planet (Lynda Goetz)
23 November 2017 Our Blue Planet Increasing awareness of plastic pollution. By Lynda Goetz Last year a friend of my daughter did a 260-mile trip around the Cornish coast on a SUP (stand-up paddleboard) to raise funds* for Surfers Against Sewage, a charity working to raise awareness, inter alia, of pollution to our oceans, including plastic… Continue reading Issue 130: 2017 11 23: Our Blue Planet (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 219: 2017 11 16: Pre-school brain-training (Lynda Goetz)
16 November 2017 Pre-School Brain-Training Brits need to look at other countries. By Lynda Goetz When it comes to education, we in Britain tend to think (as indeed we do in many other areas) that we are leading the rest of the world. Sadly, when it actually comes down to it, there are many other… Continue reading Issue 219: 2017 11 16: Pre-school brain-training (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 127: 2017 11 02: Language and how to lose it (Lynda Goetz)
02 November 2017 Language And How To Lose It Evolution not devolution. By Lynda Goetz Last week language featured in two articles in the Shaw Sheet. Its importance to human cultures, ventures and civilisations cannot be over-estimated. Some scientists have argued that language, as opposed simply to communication, is one of the features which distinguishes… Continue reading Issue 127: 2017 11 02: Language and how to lose it (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 126: 2017 10 26: Could Brexit Save Twinning? (Lynda Goetz)
26 October 2017 Could Brexit Save Twinning? A new raison d’etre. By Lynda Goetz Portsall is a picturesque Brittany village. If the name means anything to you at all it may be because it was just off the coast here that the Amoco Cadiz went down in March 1978 spilling 220,000 tonnes of oil which… Continue reading Issue 126: 2017 10 26: Could Brexit Save Twinning? (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 125: 2017 10 19: What Is “Normal”? (Lynda Goetz)
19 October 2017 What is ‘Normal’? Towards a post-gender age. By Lynda Goetz ‘Normal’ is a word I have never really liked. Many use it without thought. According to the Oxford Dictionary definition, the primary meaning of the adjective is ‘conforming to a standard; usual, typical or expected’. As a noun, the second definition is… Continue reading Issue 125: 2017 10 19: What Is “Normal”? (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 124: 2017 10 12: A Sense Of Belonging (Lynda Goetz)
12 October 2017 A Sense Of Belonging A primal need. By Lynda Goetz I happened by chance to listen to part of a programme on Radio 4 this morning on the choral history of Britain. In it, the British baritone and composer Roderick Williams OBE was exploring the way music used to be much more… Continue reading Issue 124: 2017 10 12: A Sense Of Belonging (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 123: 2017 10 05: Are You Very Satisfied? (Lynda Goetz)
05 October 2017 Are You Very Satisfied? Really we don’t want to know. by Lynda Goetz Last week the National Trust published its annual report and accounts. Although it reported an encouraging increase in visitor and membership numbers (visitor numbers are up by almost five million since 2013, to 24.5 million this year) it failed… Continue reading Issue 123: 2017 10 05: Are You Very Satisfied? (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 122: 2017 09 28: It’s still September for heavens sake! (Lynda Goetz)
28 September 2017 It’s Still September, For Heaven’s Sake! Christmas is three months away. By Lynda Goetz Last Monday was 25th September, the birthday of one of my nieces, and also three months before 25th December, Christmas Day. A few days earlier I was shopping and thought I should get a card and some wrapping… Continue reading Issue 122: 2017 09 28: It’s still September for heavens sake! (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 121: 2017 09 21: Boris like Marmite (Lynda Goetz)
21 September 2017 Boris Like Marmite A shambles, a clever tactic or an unacceptable, disloyal attempt at a power grab? By Lynda Goetz Boris does seem to have the same effect on people as Marmite – you either love him or hate him. His 4,200 word ‘speech’, actually delivered as an article in the Saturday… Continue reading Issue 121: 2017 09 21: Boris like Marmite (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 120: 2017 09 14: Giving Up (Lynda Goetz)
14 September 2017 Giving Up Should we be worrying about the medical students or the qualified doctors? By Lynda Goetz In an article on 27th August in The Sunday Times, Sian Griffiths and Jonathan Corke reported that 300 students a year quit medical school. An ‘epidemic’ of mental health problems is apparently being blamed. In… Continue reading Issue 120: 2017 09 14: Giving Up (Lynda Goetz)
