Stand By me is an iconic song

Apr 25, 2009 by

Its been an interesting week in many ways. I’ve met with lots of people and explored the value of reflection. The opportunity...

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SACA ride – An opportuni...

Jul 15, 2008 by

As part of the organising committee that organises the Birmingham to London Cycle (UK) ride every year. Our organising team /...

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The importance of role models

Apr 1, 2008 by

Recently it was revealed and confirmed that indeed children ‘look-up’ to role models to help motivate them. Unfortunately, if we...

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Positive Media Reporting

Feb 19, 2008 by

One of my pet subjects has been the power of media and also the advent of what is being described as ‘new media’. In recent years...

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Rev Jesse Jackson and The Rain...

Nov 20, 2007 by

Wow! What a week it was last week. I had a call late Thursday to interview Reverend Jesse Jackson. Mono: Audio clip: Adobe Flash...

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On 25 March 1807, the Abolitio...

Mar 28, 2007 by

For more than 200 years Britain was at the heart of a rich (to them!) transatlantic trade in millions of enslaved Africans. On 25...

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Could teaching the importance ...

Mar 27, 2007 by

A few weeks back I wrote an article suggesting that self-less service is the only way forward. I’d like to re-iterate this by saying...

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Progress for all the people

Jan 16, 2007 by

I said I would at some point return to the subject of my recent trip to India. No let us not talk about the unforgivable situation...

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India’s road death toll

Jan 9, 2007 by

Over the weekend I received some seriously bad news. My cousin died in a road accident. A lorry collided with a motorbike he was...

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It was too good to throw away

Dec 12, 2006 by

… I had just finished a bowel of something that appeared healthy on the outset but for some reason I think I placed too many...

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Why just for a day? Why not fo...

Oct 1, 2006 by

I recently attend a wedding where the groom from a Sikh background, who incidentally had been growing a beard for the last few weeks...

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