20+ hour, 54+ min ago   (569+ words) Psst…if you’re middle-aged or older let’s have a wee side-meeting on the comfy chairs. Now, I know no one thinks they’re ‘middle-aged’ but if your choice of tipple comes with a shot of Rennes and you pack Ibuprofen before…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (1777+ words) Jack Russell is the author of the believethedata.org blog, where this article was originally published. Anna Burns’ Milkman is a remarkable book. Based on her experiences growing up in Belfast during the Troubles, it conveys a claustrophobic sense of…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (359+ words) From The Guardian: Children in the UK will grow up to be one of the unhealthiest generations in decades, with child health outcomes having declined or stalled completely across all areas, a group of leading paediatricians has said. Reduced vaccination…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (1032+ words) We must remember that boys themselves are victims of patriarchy. This is so rarely discussed. The incredible work being carried out to prevent violence against women and girls is crucial. Especially in somewhere like Northern Ireland were there has been…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (320+ words) One in three people now believe university simply isn’t worth the time and money, up from one in seven in 2005. The debt may be invisible to a credit agency, but it is not invisible to the bank deciding the size…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago   (1308+ words) The previous article in this series closed by noting that Circular 2026/09 had made the right of withdrawal workable for the first time in forty years, but that the harder question — whether the curriculum from which parents may now more easily…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (347+ words) Between 2000/1 and 2025/6 the proportion of Protestant pupils fell from 43% to 28%, the proportion of Catholics fell from 51% to 50% and the proportion of Others rose from 7% to 22%. The Others category includes other Christians, other faiths, and those who with no religion or…...

4+ mon, 2+ day ago   (1046+ words) Recently, in my role as a business mentor on a start-up programme, I had a conversation that has played over and over again in my mind ever since. The gentleman I was speaking to was in his early thirties and…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (87+ words) But the obligation does not land in the same context across all sectors, and its likely effect varies accordingly. Where the gap is What the Circular does and does not do What is likely to happen Withdrawal will increase. The…...