Current Affairs

  • International Women’s Day 2017

    International Women’s Day is March 8th each year, and this year (as I have for previous years), I’ve reflected on the women in my life, and how important it is to me that genuine equality is our shared social aim and that we actually achieve progress. In my family, my mother and sister have been…

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  • It Was the Worst of Times, It Was the Worst of Times

    The furore around the booing of Adam Goodes (note the definite article for booing of Adam Goodes) has been inescapable and almost impossible to resist joining. There’s something morbidly fascinating about the stubborn, pitched ideological battle that’s being waged, and it is difficult to look away. Reading articles, letters, op-eds, tweets, shares, likes, re-posts, analyses,…

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