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We hear so much today about achieving a work-life balance, don’t we? However, there is a problem with the concept in that unless we have absolute commonality, a ‘line in the sand’ so to speak,...

The United Kingdom has expressed its dissatisfaction, no, its lack of trust, in returning to a left-of-centre political model, in a humiliating result for Rishi Sunak’s Conservative party. It is...

“Habit,” wrote Saint Augustine, “if not resisted, becomes necessity,” and that may well be the infrequent revelation of how much we know, or don’t, about obsessive compulsive disorder, or...

Have we become so entrenched in our comfortable lives that our humanity no longer has meaning?In 1989, Omar al Bashir, backed by the National Islamic Front, wrested power from the Sudanese leadership...

What is it about this younger generation? They question everything! Even when they don’t have an answer, or an alternative opinion, they still question everything. But most of all, they don’t know...

It’s quite amazing, how someone, hundreds of years ago, could have thought in the same way as much of our contemporary society does today, and even more confounding when we consider so much has...

Relationships: Can’t live with them, can’t live without them. They are so much a part of our lives aren’t they? They may be a consequence of blood, love, lust, culture, necessity, economics,...

In the County Durham town of Newton Aycliffe, an educational establishment that had its beginnings in 2016, is gaining a genuine reputation in the education sector, with a concept I believe, has...

Work. It’s almost a certainty to be able to say, hand on heart, that we wake up nearly every day wishing we didn’t have to do it, to go there, to be able to pull the duvet over our heads, bury our...

Following on from last week’s announcement that Oman’s very first electric vehicle, the MAYS, will be on the roads imminently, the gas versus electric debate is probably happening throughout much...

Quite often, parents ask me, “How can I get my kids to be the best they can be? How do I get them to understand they can’t do nothing and hope to get ahead? How can I make them understand that you...

The tragic loss of 19 souls, including 12 students, during last week’s floods across the Sultanate of Oman, but most severely in the wilayat of Al Mudhaibi, is one that is difficult to reconcile in...

A society can best be defined as a group of different people, familial and individuals, with common objectives, or put more simply, a mix of different people who have come together for their common...

“The time has come,” the Walrus said, “to speak of many things...” and it’s a great time now to speak of the ungrateful, graceless nature, of the younger generation, and their facile respect...

If we ever needed a definition of a two-edged sword, it would surely be social media, an online platform we can use to communicate, and share information with others, to stay ‘connected’ with...

Professor Damon Salesa, Vice-Chancellor of the Auckland University of Technology, said what many think within the educational community, last year, in identifying a previously unseen consequence of...

One feels the time has finally come, for the silent majority to speak out, and reclaim their histories, their cultures, their traditions, and indeed, their futures, from the woke pestilence that has...

I was recently asked whether Ramadhan is as relevant today as it has always been for the Islamic faith. I answered that ‘as the faith is still strong, I guess the answer lies in its purpose,’ and...

We all learn early in life of the lion as the king of the jungle, the elephant as the colossus, the giraffe as the tallest, the hippopotamus as an ungainly creature that loves the water, the crocodile...

Just think about the ‘useless things you’ve learned, like cursive, or joined-up writing for instance. I went to the experts, and asked some contemporary educators what were their most pointless...