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The City of Seven Hills

I travelled to Lisbon from London on New Year’s Eve. A lot of people head to London on the 31st of December every year. However, I was more than happy to escape from my adopted city for a few days.

Elections to quangos

But three months after the lockdown was declared, we need to reflect on how well children have been looked after, not merely in terms of online learning but in matters medical as well.

Fifty Shades of Black

And my final lesson was learnt the day the tragic news about George Floyd broke: when I realized that I felt for him not just as another human being but also at another level: I felt angry about the systemic violence and exploitation against all people of colour. Colonization, slavery, murder, do not happen to ‘others’.

Covid’s Child

We live in a country where the digital divide is pronounced and there is little point in widening this divide by imposing a stressful digital environment on our children in the name of education. The vital issues of online safety for children, including online bullying and undesirable internet content, are also brushed under the carpet in the mad rush to appear modern and digitally futuristic.