I am confident that societies in which the majority of the population have perceived themselves as life’s ‘losers’, can be transformed, but this will require hard work and a long-term vision. Namely that a ‘growth mindset’ approach to educational and social change is an extremely powerful tool, especially as regards […]

On 6th of January BBC1 News reported that research shows that brain ‘power’ starts to decay earlier than was thought … Reasoning powers diminish from age 40 or so…   Nigel Pocock   Is an implied brain ‘power’ only about ‘reasoning’? This statement is extremely simplistic; making good judgements is […]

What are the effects of ‘shame’ on Caribbean families? I believe that this powerful emotion is perpetuated by the dysfunctional family structures that exist there, such structures being themselves directly caused by the deliberate humiliation visited on the imprisoned Africans by the slavers and their plantocratic masters.   Nigel Pocock […]

There also needs to be more recognition of the rights of the individual within traditional cultures. I want to examine the key issue of how to establish a balance of diversity and unity. Too much diversity, and society will fragment; too much unity and we have a closed society. How […]