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What on earth is going on? Now India and Pakistan are at each other’s throats again and all as the consequence of a partitioning that occurred in 1947. Theirs may well have always been a fractious...

Society is constantly changing, isn't it? There was a time, for most of history, when women didn't work outside of their housework, which, to be fair, can be a full-time job in itself.The evolution of...

Most of us, it would appear, are just trying to get through life and its myriads of challenges. The problem is that the ‘rules,’ society’s boundaries and limitations, keep changing, so all that...

This weekend is celebrated widely within Christianity as Easter, which sets out to commemorate the passing of the Son of God and the events of the following days that established the religion upon...

Strange... but the ‘Black-Eyed Peas,’ a group of musicians with their origins in the mid 1990’s wrote a song that somewhat rearranges our week. ‘I Got a Feeling,’ launched in 2009 and was a...

The winds of a storm are battering us today, making it difficult to concentrate on the work we are trying to do. It is only wind... but it’s disruptive with its incredible banshee wail, and the...

Once upon a time... teaching was a much-revered profession. Teachers were seen as community leaders, shining examples of modesty, knowledge, understanding, enthusiasm and resilience. The perfect role...

Whether parents are justified in their recent criticisms of the content, format and results of the General Education Diploma, or not, Oman’s educational authorities would do well to heed their...

Our fascination with the human form and its possibilities has been with us for all time, but more especially so since Charles Darwin challenged mankind’s religious origins, in his ‘Origin of...

It will always be seen as the day the fog lifted, the gloves came off, preconceived illusions as to the strength and resilience of the so often quoted constitution and the true nature of the American...

Being perpetually poor, well no, not really, that would be disingenuous to those genuinely in poverty, so, how about if I say, just perpetually not rich? That’s a bit better I think. But I do like...

I’m concerned for our environment, as I have been for quite some time now, yet never as a placard waving, demonstrating, protesting, ‘greenie.’I’m more of a home recycling, no littering, and...

‘All the gear but no idea,’ is a bit of a caustic comment by the professionals, aimed at those who, for example, turn up at the gym with the latest ‘Gymshark’ or ‘Adidas’ gear on, looking...

To dream the impossible dream, encourages hope, for as Henry Ford once said, “There is no man living, who isn’t capable of doing more than he thinks he can do,” thus defining that undefinable...

Thank goodness for peace in Gaza. It may be fragile and it may be only for some moments in time, offering some relief, both humanitarian in terms of medical aid and physical, offering some quiet and...

The Welsh born Third Earl of Russell, Bertrand Russell was much more than an aristocrat, born into wealth and privilege. He was a deeply intellectual student, a polymath, whose search for...

The Sultanate of Oman has come so far in such a short time, with the government of His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik responding enthusiastically to social needs, recognising the necessity for...

Are you a frequent or infrequent flyer? It is the one single environment where the gulf between the ‘haves,’ and ‘have nots,’ is never more evident.The contemporary Business or First-Class...

Are we, all of us, aware of the needs of those with special education needs and disabilities, within our communities and societies? Are we genuinely inclusive, supportive and actively caring enough?...

Well, here we are again, at the time of year that sparks our emotions like no other. For some, poignant, for others celebratory, but for us all, contemplative, as we ponder the challenges, as we...