Command and Control

It was interesting that Michael Gove made his impassioned criticism of the current national curriculum in the same week that the new national health bill was released. Gove’s traditionalist rant seemed to be based on his perception that young people do not get taught...

Tuition Fees

Watching the news last night I realised that I wasn’t completely sure what I thought about tuition fees as a concept, let alone the various proposals that seem to have got people fairly wound up. The majority of the story in relation to this proposal has been,...

Benefit Fraud

I’m not really that bothered about benefit fraud. I can see that it is something that probably shouldn’t be encouraged but I don’t see it as something that we really need to get that hung up about. Most people that phoned a radio station this morning...

Living in a city

I went to Barcelona the other day. It’s very nice. I know it is ridiculous to compare one of the premier cities of Europe with Birmingham but I have a feeling I’m going to do it anyway. The most immediate difference I noticed is the fantastic use of public space. This...

Play Away

I’ve been bothered by the recent decision by the Competition Commission to stop the so called Project Kangaroo. My irritation with the decision is odd as I don’t generally use the existing video on demand services provided by BBC, ITV and Channel 4. Though...