by roz | Apr 8, 2016 | Government & Politics
Taxes are vital to the well-being of a nation. They pay for education, health care, security and transport. Therefore, it is our duty to pay taxes. There has been growing public outrage at tax avoidance. Prime Minister David Cameron (DC) joined in saying that tax...
by roz | Apr 7, 2016 | Women's Health
Cutting female genitalia, without a medical reason, is called Female Genital Mutilation [FGM] and it is rife in Africa, as is child marriage. The two are usually linked. Hidden behind the banner of ‘culture’ FGM and child marriage is really about controlling the...
by roz | Apr 1, 2016 | civil liberties
Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe (BHH), The Metropolitan Police Commissioner, in a recent interview with The Times said, providing online fraud refunds to customers was a ‘Reward…for bad behaviour’. He says, that to encourage better online security, only...
by roz | Mar 30, 2016 | Literature
Lucky Stiff by Annelise Ryan My rating: 3 of 5 stars It took me a little while to finish Lucky Stiff. I read a few books in between; this is not a reflection of the author’s work. Once I got into it, I did not stop until the end. The author gave Mattie a coping...
by roz | Mar 27, 2016 | arts & culture
This is just life, how I see it now, do sunsets mean hope or despair, in the darkest of night or depth of winter, there’s no longer an invincible summer, that was once there, this is just love how I feel it now, recognised in only absence and fear, in the...