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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is the name of a 2018 anthology western film by the Coen Brothers, Ethan, and Joel. Just one of the anthology tales follows the deeds, of cowboy anti-hero Buster...

Who would be a ‘fly on the wall?’ I sometimes feel that to be the best you can be, whether as a family or an individual, a ‘no consequences’ family discussion may be cathartic and empowering...

The Sultanate of Oman, with its rapidly developing educational sector is perfectly positioned to become, and be, a world leader, by providing learning experiences that can meet its societal,...

Throughout all his 74 years, Charles Phillip Arthur George has been the heir apparent, dignified, resilient, and remarkably tolerant of a media, and sometimes a society that has painted him as the...

“We’ve got technology, and social media,” said a student to me this week. “We don’t need nature!” I never had to think much to know what my response would be, but I did need to deliberate...

Is religion more, or less relevant to society, today, than at any other time in history? We could also ask why faith must change, to remain relevant to today, and tomorrow?For certain, Christianity...

Change is constant, or so we are told. First uttered by Heracticlus, the Greek philosopher 2,500 years ago, it has been parodied through history by such diverse entities as Mother Teresa, Mahatma...

Of all generations, so the men in white coats tell us, the ‘Greatest Generation’ was born from 1901-1924, moulded by the frugalities and demands of the Great Depression, when millions barely...

What is it that sets us, humans, apart from others in the animal kingdom? It’s fair to say, isn’t it, that chimps, gorillas, or orang-utans, and dolphins, are those that we on the street would...

Yet another banking giant, Silicon Valley Bank, has collapsed stateside, heralding yet another global financial collapse according to the doomsayers, and again, uncomfortable ‘bonus payment’...

Don’t do it tomorrow, do it today! Can you not see how uncomplicated, how satisfying, how simple, life is when you just ‘do it now, and get it out of the way?’ Putting stuff off is, well, just a...

Being someone who has often flirted with, if not obesity, then certainly on-or-about overweight, I have an extraordinary admiration for those who are ‘challenged’ by their weight, and respond...

As you read this, I’m probably winging my way back home from a week in Tenerife, in the Canary Islands, after a much-deserved week off, a holiday, a vacation, or whatever. In fact, in a perfect...

There was a time, we know when we look back on history, when folk knew what their lives were going to be. Because little, or nothing, ever changed. For the twelve to fifteen thousand days of your...

The ever more intrusive Valentine’s Day is almost upon us. As always, its origins are misted by time, however we can probably accept that the original Valentine was a martyr who comforted those...

Living in today’s world, and looking back over our shoulders, I wonder how many of us yearn for the quieter life of yesterday? Just think about it... has every technological advance, every ‘must...

I have spent an awful lot of my life looking at exam papers, guiding students towards success in exams, yet I am still uncomfortable with the way the arts in secondary and higher education, are...

“Humility,” wrote the famed author C S Lewis, of The Chronicles of Narnia fame, “is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself, less.”It’s so simple, isn’t it? Something of an...

Are you starting out in business? Or maybe you are an entrepreneur? Whatever your life’s ambitions you need to be aware of the ethics of what you do. But don’t become a slave to them because the...

Looking forward to this newest of years, 2023, ensures that our reflections upon ’22 leave us hesitant, fearsome in many respects, but most of all, uncertain. Ironically, it’s exactly half a...