To say, “I hate yellow” or “I hate sausages” is trivializing a dangerous word. Saying, “I hate Catholics or Jews or Muslims or whites or black people or…..” is not just harmful, hurtful and dangerous, it is illogical The United Nations has the following to say about hate speech. “Hate…
Experts have surfaced throughout the world in almost every discipline and walk of life. Look for a definition of ‘expert’ on Google and find that Oxford Languages has the first place with, “a person who is very knowledgeable about or skillful in a particular area” – fine but then see…
Having returned safely from our first trip abroad since 2020, I was struck by the clarity of vision with which I regarded our flat as I stepped into the hall, so familiar and welcoming, and yet, for a fraction of a second, like a place I saw for the first…
In August we took two dear friends on a day trip to Vinga, a small island with an impressive lighthouse, well-known in Sweden as the birthplace of the troubadour and poet laureate Evert Taube. The island is some ten kilometres west of Göteborg, the lively harbour, industry and university city…