Madness and Morality
‘He’s a narcissistic pervert’ she said. ‘And I should know; my mother was one too!’ Emilia was sober, while the rest of the guests were not. She had just announced to the assembled dinner party that her son had been...
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A case for ‘action sociology’
Five of us studied sociology at university while the sixth only demurred because her early artistic talent shone brightly. We think and act as one across a range of social and political domains. Moreover we share the view that ‘doing...
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‘Strategic ignorance’: in praise of blind decisions?
We’re marking the last assessments of the academic year – just in time to start teaching the next set of students. We’re ready to put new names to new faces and to work on creating relationships that help everyone to...
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Bring Me Sunshine
No matter how bad our summer may be, it seems that there is always room for at least one more scare story along the lines of ‘we are getting too much/too little sunshine for our health’. The latest twist on...
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Moving Targets
Under the terms of the 2012 Health and Social Care Act, the ‘new’ NHS is to be based on four ‘new’ measures of ‘quality’, ‘safety’ and ‘value for money’. These measures are i. current best international standards of evidence, ii....
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Making Everyone Better – “Just Like That”
What’s this? The late, great Tommy Cooper being posthumously recruited to the British Heart Foundation’s ‘be-good-and-take-your-medicine’ campaign? It’s Tommy’s job to encourage us all to take our daily statins. Because official wisdom says that the wellbeing of the population-at-large depends...
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