Homelessness – you couldn’t make it up

Sat, Feb 2019

Everybody – well, not quite everybody – is concerned about homelessness. People want to do something – or want something done. …

Daily bread?

Sat, Sep 2017

UBI – Universal Basic Income is one of those things pops up from time to time, usually I suspect on …

Mon, Feb 2017

A mention of soup kitchens and food banks in my previous post (Further Back in Time for Dinner), prompted this …

Wed, May 2015

Do you have a touchstone issue this election? An issue that will ultimately determine how you vote? Will you vote …

Thu, Apr 2015

“Oxford City Council is proposing a ban on rough sleeping” was the rather alarming claim on an online petition request …

Sat, Dec 2014

Christmas pretty much passes me by these days. Partly, I think, because it’s not “in the air” in the way …

Sat, Nov 2012

Vagrant is the title of new play at the Burton Taylor Rooms. It’s actually quite a good play (see review), …