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When Difference Looks Like Risk

I went to an art talk recently. Yeah, get me! The speaker was fascinating and, as she discussed some of the great artists of our time, she repeatedly described them as “unconventional”, “different” or “a little crazy”. Whatever words we choose, she was talking about people whose talents were inseparable from ways of thinking and […]

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Adult Social Work – 50 Years Young (and the Debate is only just Starting)

As we adjust to a world pandemic and the impact this has had on our society many are starting to look to the future and consider what next. What have we done in a few months that can be normal practice and business as usual in the future? What doesn’t work and how can we […]

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For the Valentines I never knew

There’s a song by a band called the Wedding Present which like so many other songs is about falling in love.  It’s called A Million Miles.  It’s about that moment when you meet someone for the first time. The moment when your stomach spins. You can’t eat, you can’t sleep and yet despite this, as the […]