Ruth Ginsburg (1931 – 2020) “It’s about time. For so long women were silent, thinking there was nothing you could do about it, but now the law is on the side of women, or men, who encounter harassment and that’s a good thing.” ~ Ruth Ginsburg Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died on 18th September, was […]

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Terence Conran (1931 – 2020) “We all have a little bit of Conran in our lives, whether we think about design or not” ~ Suzanne Moore Designer and entrepreneur Terence Conran died on 12th September, at the age of 88, after a long and productive life.  By all accounts, he was quite a character, and […]

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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s plight has newly come to our attention this week, in a stark reminder of how desperate her situation is  The Iranian mother was detained on 3rd April 2016, and was held in an Iranian prison almost continuously until 20th March this year, when the coronavirus crisis began to affect the country.  […]

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Alexei Navalny “The use of such a weapon is horrific.  Nato allies are united in condemning this attack.  It shows a total disrespect for human life.” ~ Nato spokesperson Piers Cazelet The main opposition leader in Russia, Alexei Navalny, was poisoned on 20th August, falling ill on a plane trip to Siberia, after drinking a […]

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