The UK

So Gay: Teaching About LGBTQ Issues in Schools

B.J. Epstein | Posted 02.01.2013 | UK Universities & Education
B.J. Epstein

This week, it was announced that France is going to start teaching about LGBTQ issues in primary schools as a way of helping to combat homophobia. They've likened the situation to educating young people about other types of bullying.

Ius Naturale, Independence and Negotiation

Peter Curran | Posted 07.01.2012 | UK Politics
Peter Curran

I made my living for many years as a negotiator, in employee relations, then as a consultant and trainer in negotiation and negotiating skills. Negoti...

Clout, corruption, Capone - and the Neo-Scottish Unionists ...

Peter Curran | Posted 30.11.2011 | UK Politics
Peter Curran

When I was a child in Glasgow, a clout was something I was regularly threatened with, and often received. Never from my parent or relatives, but often...

Racism, music - and the nuclear submarines in Scotland.

Peter Curran | Posted 22.11.2011 | UK Politics
Peter Curran

Racism is an odd beast - laughable in its atavistic - and usually illiterate - certainties, but frightening in its possibilities. I've dealt with two ...

The People's Party and its troubles - British Labour

Peter Curran | Posted 25.11.2011 | UK Politics
Peter Curran

John McTernan, king of the What Labour Must Do franchise, has accepted a post as director of communications to the Prime Minister of Australia, Julia...

The Riots in Some English Cities

Peter Curran | Posted 14.10.2011 | UK Politics
Peter Curran

Sunday, 14 August 2011 The riots in some English cities The title of this blog represents the only accurate locational description of what happened o...