Dominic Cummings’ strategy to hold on to power hangs not on what he included in his story. It hangs on how well he told it. I don’t mean it matters how well he performed it in the sunshine of the Rose Garden. I mean it depends on how well he has fashioned his story to fit…
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“What happens once you come to understand attachment? What do people do with this knowledge? The best way I know to answer these questions is by telling some real-life stories of people who have undertaken this journey of awareness.” Those are the words with which I begin one of the chapters in my forthcoming book…
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With Donald Trump’s inauguration upon us in a few days’ time, I find myself thinking of Vice President Biden’s comments earlier this month: “Grow up Donald. Time to be an adult. You’re president.” That is not going to happen. Why not? That is the question that I hear being asked repeatedly: Why is it that…
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This week, Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland, made a ground-breaking statement. No, it wasn’t about political independence. It was about the political prominence of LOVE. In front of 3000 conference delegates, she said: “My view is simple: every young person deserves to be LOVED. So let’s come together and make this commitment: to LOVE…
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In August, I wrote a piece urging us not to buy into the language of ‘shock’ when it is used to describe images of children caught up in war. I was trying to help us fight the dangerous pull of sentimentality, when our human emotions easily cloud our ability to look upon harsh realities. What…
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