There are two themes I want to explore in this article. The first is that all disasters are essentially man-made. Secondly, that the poor are always hit by far the worst. Nigel Pocock It might seem surprising to my readers to make the assertion that earthquakes and other […]
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The double difficulty of being old and being an immigrant
The Third Age is a growing category among the Latino population in the UK, and the problems they face are a threat to their well-being. Noelia Ceballos Terrén They are a minority but they embody the values and traditions of a whole community who are far from their […]
Context, or how to break with the myth of the individual
The great majority of books on psychology refer to the individual person. It would seem as if each individual person were isolated from their social context. Mabel Encinas The idea of starting with an individual is fortunate and unfortunate at the same time. On the one hand the […]
God in the market place?
I want to raise questions. Questions about the nature of reality, and it is up to you to decide. French mathematician, Blaise Pascal (1623-62) hypothesised that “…God is or he is not”… Reason cannot decide this question… At the far end of this infinite distance a coin is being spun […]
Andrea Valero: Lucky, but far from home
Finding opportunities that her home country could not give her, despite her qualifications, has been a success savoured by this Spaniard. Although, she has not forgotten her dream of returning home to establish herself in Spain some day. Noelia Ceballos Two years ago Andrea arrived in London, […]















