Archive for April, 2009
April 27, 2009 at 7:11 pm
From moaning about those who bombard me with appeals, i am now thinking about those charities to which i made a donation and have heard nothing since. I appreciate my tenner (or if years ago maybe just a fiver) does not count as a kings ransom, but i do wonder that there are charities for [...]
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April 27, 2009 at 6:49 pm
(Wrote this 3rd April and intended to publish then, not sure what happened…
While i have not read the book (yet) i have read several reviews of a book called ‘The Spirit Level’, an examination of how the inequalities in society underlie all our social ills. For all the failed government initiatives, the authors state their belief, with [...]
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April 8, 2009 at 2:02 pm
I have not given to the British Red Cross in 18 months, for a number of reasons. And still the pens and cards and address stickers keep coming. With Breadline Africa i actually e-mailed them to say i wanted no more mail, was advised i would be taken off the mailing list – and still [...]
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