A Thinking Man

The UK National Health Service (NHS), of course, like Mum’s cooking and apple pie, is wonderful. In times of crisis its nurses and doctors will deal gently and compassionately (if not always as speedily as you would like) in A&E, and will mend broken bones, replace hips, insert stents after heart attacks and perform countless other seeming miracles in [...]

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There was a pile of dog poo on the pavement.
As they walked to work, four men trod in it and messed up their shoes.
The first man felt very sad. He looked at the mess and smelled the smell and said to himself: “You know, this just about sums me up. This always happens [...]

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“I resent my depressed wife” is the title of an honest piece published in today’s Times about a reader and his wife. When she became depressed, the quality of their life and relationship changed for the worse.
Depression can come out of the blue and touch even the most seemingly happy and well-adjusted people. [...]

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Forgiveness is a conscious decision not to go on holding something against someone. It is a personal decision to let go.
On one level, forgiveness involves voluntary relinquishing a right to retaliate (a cognitive decision), subsequent to an injury. On another level, forgiveness involves some aspect of release or letting go over time (an [...]

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For a few years it felt like it was mentioned on every other radio or television program.  It certainly had the feel of being flavour of the month for a long time.  Now, at last, the UK government has decided to give it some official recognition to

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