“Mum, Dad, I’m pregnant.”

What do you want to be? Children give various answers to such a question, but the most common factor in their responses is a “noble” job, like a doctor, firefighter, pilot and the like. The reasons for choosing such occupations are to serve and help others, not for financial gratification. I guess children might be heavily influenced by what they…

It was like the end of the world; the suffering was unbearable, and the only way of dealing with such a tragedy was to scream her lungs out. Or – as seen from the toddler’s parent’s perspective – the girl tripped over her feet while trying to run forward and bumped into the ground. No lasting damage was done, there…

The UK Covid Inquiry has given us insight into the inner workings of the British Government during the pandemic. One of its unintended consequences was the disclosure of the colourful language (to put it very mildly) used commonly by so many officials and politicians. Deep rifts, animosities and hostilities, a riven group of people who, at that time, publicly presented…