Every so often, usually when I’m visiting the USA, people do a double-take when they find out my name. “John May,” they question, “aren’t…
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Robertson Davies, one of Canada’s best known novelists, once commented about his homeland: “Some countries you love. Some countries you hate. Canada is a country…
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Leave a CommentAt yesterday’s UK Scout Annual General Meeting, Fi Durrant, a young(ish!) Leader, presented a reflection before the main business of the meeting. It was brilliant.…
Leave a CommentI was listening to the always wonderful Simon Mayo’s BBC Radio 2 podcast this morning on my way to work. He was talking to the…
2 CommentsMass desertion of the Daily Mail, an end to reality TV, UK’s patriotic acknowledgement of its own multiculturalism, continued smiling at strangers on the tube,…
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Leave a Comment“When written in Chinese, the word ‘crisis’ is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.”. John F. Kennedy
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