Getting beaten at school (or home..)
There’s so much being reported in the news these days about public privileged schooling .(In the UK private fee-paying schools are called Public schools and schools for the public are called State schools, work that out of you can!)I imagine that one line of thought...
Riders on the Storm
More accurately Riders OF the storm.Life is a continuously spinning vortex.We are caught up in it’s never-ending spin-cycle, sometimes the spin is slow and continuous, sometimes, like when you put a heavy towel inside your washing machine, the cycle surges and bumps...
Shouty Chinese Lampposts…
Where I come from in Scotland, there’s a strong rivalry between the two border towns of Galashiels and Hawick. Both were textile powerhouses in their day, and had rugby teams that viciously competed against each other.There was an old oft-repeated put-down that went...
Retreating in China again..
How I love China – as with every country, we have a preconception of how it will be, judging it by the way our media portrays it.That preconception has been destroyed, again and again. The people of China are wonderful, simple and dear-hearted folk.I have found...