What do we mean by ‘success’? Do ethnic minorities have a problem achieving this, compared with the population as a whole? Are there things that block the way to ‘success’ in a secular culture, and how can this be achieved? Nigel Pocock While the notion of ‘ethnic minorities’ […]
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The components of personal success in a secular democracy
In my last article I looked at the components of ‘success’ in a collective sense, examining some classical psychological techniques that might help to achieve ethnic minority ‘success’. Nigel Pocock This time I want to look at personal qualities. What kind of personal qualities contribute to minority […]
Christmas Round-Robins: The new snobbery?
We have come to that time of year where we learn that Jonny and Sophie spent Christmas on the slopes of Klosters with Charlie and Cammi (or, better still, Wills and Kate), that Dave and Sam met up with them for a picnic on safari in Kenya, that little Charlotte […]
The unbreakable vow, Capitalism: our love affair
A ‘love’ that will be lasting our lifetimes. An individual’s relationship with capitalism is very much a passionate, emotional love affair, similar to those read in books and watched on the silver screen. We are so fervent in our consuming that we turn in desperation to loans and lending. Georgina […]
A new massacre in Porfirio’s Colombia
“The rest is silence”(Hamlet). A well-known phrase to all, but is the modern world really causing the silencing of poetry? Armando Orozco Tovar In society today it is the footballers and bad singers that are bestowed all the attention; thistype of recognition could never be obtained by an artist, be […]