This is National Hate Crime Week in the UK, and yesterday I attended an awareness session run by the local police force, with various guest speakers, including Eva Clarke, a Holocaust survivor. Her parents were initially imprisoned in Terezin, then moved to Auschwitz and Eva was born as her mother arrived at Mauthausen in April …
R.I.P. Aretha
So today we lost another music great. The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin. I was first introduced to her music through The Blues Brothers film: I'd been a punk and a goth before I saw that and had my ears, eyes and heart opened to the world of soul and blues by the film (which …
Diversity vs Inclusion
A recent Cybersecurity Ventures report showed that women currently only make 20% of the cyber security profession’s workforce, while another of their reports predict 3.5 million cyber vacancies globally by 2021. It is clear that there is an urgent need to recruit more professionals into all aspects of cyber security, and that women are massively …
Iconic Kilimanjaro
Think of a mountain. Think of a mountain that stands on its own. Think of a mountain that stands on its own and can be seen for miles all around. Chances are you're thinking of Kilimanjaro, the highest free standing mountain in the world, with its snow capped, flat looking summit and perhaps elephant or …
Trails and Travails 