On Friday 17th March I read with horror about the death of a head teacher in England who took her own life after an Ofsted inspection on the school she was leading. In the words of her family: ‘Ruth Perry was a mother, wife, daughter, sister, aunty, niece, sister-in-law, friend.’
That newspaper report took me…
I have lived in Barnet for many years and have watched shops come and go on my High Street. A shopkeeper’s life before the pandemic was already a challenge, with rising rents and reducing footfalls. There have been plenty of initiatives – from government, local councils as well as celebrities – to highlight the benefits…
For many, working from home may have been ‘living the dream’ in pre-pandemic times but this new daily reality has now opened the eyes of many workers around the world.
Sitting in their kitchens, their bedrooms or their home offices, instead of being distracted by the chatter in the office, their thoughts have gone inwards;…
