Author: KB
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Debt Crisis, Leveson, Healthcare… Finally Paying the Price for the Poverty of Capitalism
Listening to the radio this morning I was struck by the odd similarity between three of the major news items. Firstly, ubiquitously, there’s the economic crisis – which more and more seems to boil down to the fact that people – that’s you, me and them – got greedy. With the boss of Barclays now…
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Was it Always Thus:Thoughts on Writing and Depression [2]
Good to see the comments on the previous post, in which I was trying to open up a bit about the prevalence of depression among writers. I’ve been mulling on that a bit, and thinking about why teachers (curses – I’m that too) also rank as professionals with some of the highest rates of depression.…
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Was it Always Thus? // Writing and the Black Dog
I’ve been wondering about writing something on this for a while, but haven’t been sure how much to say, or what might be wise. But I thought it might be helpful to others to open the door just a crack and see if there’s some light that could get in on what’s a terrifically difficult…
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Remembrance Day Poem: Truer Debts
A haiku for Armistice Day. Seems with all this talk of European debt, there’s still some other debts that we have to pay. Annually. With interest. True Debts Remember today freedom’s forgotten origins true debts we pay still. Other links: We Should F-ing Remember Them.
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Poppies, Remembrance and the Need for Disruption
It’s been interesting watching the argument over whether the England football team should be allowed to wear poppies for their international matches this weekend. The international governing body of the sport, FIFA, ruled that they could not have poppies on their shirts as this contravened their guidelines. The FA, the British body, cried foul and…