The government has taken the first steps towards privatisation of road maintenance. Have they learned nothing from Railtrack?
Category: Life
The ‘P’ Word
Productivity has fallen compared to ten years ago by 16%. But why? The Bank of England is doing research, but I’m not convinced that an economist is the best person to look into this. Maybe a psychologist would be better?
The Education Bait-and-Switch
The purpose of education in the UK has shifted from development to selection, with the added bonus that it allows the government to remove £290Bn from the books and look like they are reducing the deficit while actually executing a con-trick of epic proportions.
You Lose, I Win
The morality of competition and the culture of a society based on a zero sum game of winners and losers.
Sheffield Botanicals 2012
As an add-on to the visit to Sheffield Central Library, we stayed on to visit my son who is at university in Sheffield. It was a lovely clear morning on Sunday, and the students were all asleep, so we went to Sheffield Botanical Gardens for a wander around and a cup of (very good) coffee….
Unwelcome Visitors
You may have noticed that my homepage was overtaken by some unwelcome visitors for a short while. Unfortunately I was at Edge-Lit in Derby for the weekend, which made it difficult to deal with. However, it appears to have been sorted out now and will hopefully not recur. They are not the only unwelcome visitors, though….
Unexpected Visitor
Here at Shevdon Manor, we try to encourage the wildlife, not least because we’re in the middle of a town and the wildlife needs all the help it can get. So this is Henry, or possibly Harriet, we’re not sure, and he (or she) is not normally seen in daytime, but rather heard, rootling about…