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The Conversation We Need to Have

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Sometimes when we don’t know what to say it’s easier to say nothing.I thought it was enough to count people of colour amongst my friends. And then I had a conversation with one of them this week.There were tears.Hers were tears of understandable heartbreak and pain. She was broken by this. Mine were, in all honesty, tears of shame. I …

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Pursuit as Happiness

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Ernest Hemingway’s grandson has just released a hitherto unpublished story written by his very famous grandfather. You know, the one who wrote perhaps the greatest short story of all time.‘For sale. Baby Shoes. Never Worn.’It’s about getting as much from life in the moment. Asking what you are going to say no to in order to build a better future …