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DEI – diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives

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In a World of White people, The Science of Racism uses clear scientific research to expose what we know about racism, exactly how we know it, and what we can do about it. Since 2000s, recruiters have suffered from unusual occupational hazard. Having received numerous applications for jobs they have advertised, they have consistently been hiring people who do not exist. Ghost applications with identical CVs, the only difference between the two is that one applicant is Black while the other is white. They fall victims of their own prejudices, as well as to what is by now, a well … Continue reading DEI – diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives

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England lose first ODI

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First one-day international, Nagpur England 248 ao (47.4ov) Buttler 52, Bethell 51, Jadeja 3-26, Harshit 3-53. India 251-6 (38.4ov) Gill 87, Iyer 59, Mahmood 2-47 India won by four wickets, lead T20 series against India, Jos Buttler’s England  did not make use of a good start with the bat to be bowled out for 248. Opener Phil Salt who scored 26 from one Harshit Rana over, scoring 43 from 26 balls only to run-out which triggered a collapse of three wickets for two runs in eight balls from 71-0. Captain Buttler mustered 52 before miscuing, leaving Jacob Bethell to bat with … Continue reading England lose first ODI

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Wildlife Photographer of the Year 60 People’s Choice winner

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Wildlife Photographer of the year 60 People’s Choice winner Ian Wood’s “No Access” fought off competition form 24 other images to emerge winner. Residents of St Leonards-on-Sea, on England’s south coast, had been leaving food out on the pavement to encourage foxes, but other urban wildlife had better idea. Ian noticed that badgers living near his house were coming out of forage, passing by a piece of badger graffiti as they did so. As a solitary badger made its way along the pavement glacing around the street, Ian clicked the picture at the right moment. His photo shows the badger, … Continue reading Wildlife Photographer of the Year 60 People’s Choice winner

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Language and curriculum have to be decolonised to deliver diversity, equality and inclusion.

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Why our universities, established as sanctuaries of truth and higher learning are broken and are failing a generation of young people. Consumed by funding and admission crisis, mired in political scandal and governed by self-interest, their founding principles have been corrupted. Matt Goodwin spent decades working as an academic in some of the world’s leading universities including professor of politics at the University of Kent, delivering underfunded courses to increasingly disengaged lecture theatres, sitting on rudderless committees, counselling depressed colleagues and concerned students, watching standards slip and academic integrity decline. He argues that diversity of opinion is under threat in … Continue reading Language and curriculum have to be decolonised to deliver diversity, equality and inclusion.

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England collapse to biggest-ever T20 defeat as India wrap up 4-1 series win

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India 247/9 off 20 overs, Abhishek Sharma 135 off 54 balls, Shivam Dube 30 off 13, Tilak Varma 24 off 15, Brydon Carse 3-38, Mark Wood 2-32, Adil Rashid 1-41. England 97 ao off 10.3overs, Phil Salt 55 off 23, Jacob Bethell 10 off 7, Liam Livingstone 9 off 5, Abhishek Sharma 2-3, Mohammed Shami 3-25, Shivam Dune 2-11. India won by 150 runs , and won series 4-1. England lose series after Sharma’s stunning 135 England slumped to their heaviest-ever T20 defeat, as Abhishek Sharma’s chanceless, shocking 135 off 54 deliveries, hitting 13 of India’s 19 sixes, seven, in … Continue reading England collapse to biggest-ever T20 defeat as India wrap up 4-1 series win

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Emilia Pérez takes 13 Oscar Nominations

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Only one of the 10 films nominated for best picture was directed by a woman- Coralie Fargeat’s controversial horror  The Substance, and Fargeat was also the only female screenwriter with solo credit across the 10 scripts in contention. Brady Corbet’s three-and-half hour epic, The Brutalist, about a Hungarian Holocaust survivor of second world war played by Adrien Brody coming to post war America to be an architect, took 10 nominations, as did Wicked, the hit adaptation of the Broadway show. James Mangold’s Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown, came away with eight nominations, as did Edward Berger’s papal thriller Conclave, starring … Continue reading Emilia Pérez takes 13 Oscar Nominations

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The Culture of encounter

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Hope is the first autobiography in history ever to be published by a Pope. Pope Francis, the first Latin American and the first Jesuit to head the Catholic Church, goes where no pontiffs have not dared, originally intended this book to appear only after his death, but the needs of our times and the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope have moved him to make this precious legacy available now. Written over six years, this complete autobiography starts in the early years of the twentieth century, with Pope Francis’s Italian roots and his ancestors’ courageous migration to Latin America, continuing through … Continue reading The Culture of encounter

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Taiwan caught between Chinese power and vagaries of US politics

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When the bloody Chinese Civil War concluded in 1949, two Chinas were born. Mao’s Communists won and took China’s mainland, Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalists fled to Taiwan island. Since then, China and Taiwan have drifted into being separate political and cultural entities. Kerry Brown on the small island caught between Chinese power and the vagaries of US politics, to find a solution to a problem, when they attempt it would most certainly lead to world war, the stalemate prevailed for the past 76 years. Taiwan is now a free, vibrant society, flourishing democracy and an economic success story, as one of … Continue reading Taiwan caught between Chinese power and vagaries of US politics

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Homeless man froze to death after sleeping bin shelter

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A homeless man dies after freezing nights sleeping in a bin shelter. Maria Celia Salgado, a residents on the South End Close Estate alerted on December 12th 2024 to Camden Council about a man staying in one of the bin sheds over the past couple of months when temperature plummeted to -3°C.  Camden Council’s social services visited him but no action was taken as he refused help. On Saturday 11th January 2025, morning, one resident checked on him to discover that he  was “frozen”  and unresponsive, and soon called Ambulance, the paramedic s treated him at the scene and rushed to Royal Free Hospital, where … Continue reading Homeless man froze to death after sleeping bin shelter

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Wealth Transfer

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The superrich wanted Great Wealth Transfer, by becoming philanthropist effectively means transfer of family wealth from the Baby Boomer generation to their children. Vanguard estimated that by 2030, around $10.6 trillion will have been transferred between generations in the United States, $.35 trillion in Europe, and $2.8 trillion in Asia. These are enormous figures, but globally, the private equity industry had $8.2 trillion of assets under management at the end of 2023. There is great wealth transfer happening every day that has contributed to this enormous accumulation of wealth: the monopolization of the economy.  Wealth transfer emerges from the pocketbooks … Continue reading Wealth Transfer