Opinion

The climate emergency is one of the biggest challenges facing our Borough, our country, and the world. While there is a long way to go before we have reversed the...

It’s Saturday evening and I am, for the first time all week, completely alone. No seven-year-old asking me to play dominoes, no baby vomiting on my dungarees (his favourite place...

THIS week marks the first anniversary of lockdown. It’s not a milestone many of us wish to celebrate. It has been a grim year, with families and friends separated. Loved...

So it’s been a year. In some ways it feels way longer than 12 months since the start of lockdown. In other ways I‘m left thinking, ‘Where did that time...

I write this as we reflect that it has been a whole year since we first went into lockdown. We have faced a lot of disconnection over the last 12...

Early Spring is now upon us and the days are thankfully starting to get lighter again. Given the ongoing lockdown, the Winter has seemed particularly long, but I am confident...

Every day we’re faced with making numerous decisions. Some of these are straightforward, deciding what to eat for dinner or where to walk the dog, for example. Others are more...

There’s a scene near the beginning of the film Deliverance where one of the four Atlanta businessmen is gently strumming on a guitar. A young boy responds, but playing a...

By Cllr Sarah Kerr Creative industries contributed £111 billion to the UK economy in 2018, a 7.4% increase on the previous year.  This means that at the time, growth in...

We need men to take accountability Last week was a difficult week for women. We started by celebrating International Women’s Day on Monday. The celebrations were cut swiftly short by...