A story of true glove

Some tales, need a telling, so it is time for me to tell. ‘Tis a story of lost glove refound, and it may well surprise. ‘Twas a Tuesday in late May in the year 2015. The end of the bank holiday fest, and I was back at my desk. Lying in wait, fingers poised at my keyboard,...

Mental Health care waiting times can devastate finances

Break your arm or leg or have a heart attack and you get sent to Accident & Emergency. The NHS target is to see everyone within four hours, and while a few people fall foul of that, most don’t. Yet if you develop a mental health condition and need talking therapy, the stats show in some cases...

I sent my first email 20 years ago, to a girl, obviously – you?

I’ve just realised it’s now two decades since I first got online and sent an email. I believe it was May 1995. I’d just excitedly returned from a remarkable experience at the United Nations Youth Conference in Seoul, where I’d been as the President of the LSE Students’ Union. Out there I met the president of the...