In First Place

In First Place

Helen Rowland was an American journalist and humourist in the first half of the twentieth century who often wrote about love, marriage and relationships, usually with a cryptic, satirical but humorous tone. She once declared “There are only two kinds of men; the dead...
A Veiled Ability

A Veiled Ability

What abilities do we have? What abilities do we seek to develop in our children? What is the greatest ability? We will no doubt immediately think of sporting or academic ability as that is on what we tend to rank people – on their ability (rather than on their...
Avoiding the Cesspit

Avoiding the Cesspit

Warning: do not read this article while eating! ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ is a hugely successful film, theatrically (winning eight Oscars) and financially (grossing almost $400 million), made in 2008, following a young man from the slums of Mumbai who is accused...