The UK census – what is worth counting?
Changes in the questions that have been asked in the UK census have developed over the decades, reflecting changes in society and in social attitudes.
Section: UK
Stories of general interest to the whole of the UK
How to dodge a Census: examples from old records
Have you completed your Census Form? Over the decades many have found ingenious ways of avoiding “telling their secrets”.
The Victorian Census – what did women say about their occupations?
The Victorian Census – what did women say about their occupations?
Census confusion – am I British European or European Brit?
Brit of foreign origin or foreigner with a British passport? The 2021 census tries to capture information about the population’s nationality.
PUBLISHING YOUR BOOK
Amazon publishing – get as good at marketing as writing!
Self-publishing authors have to get just as good at advertising and marketing, as they are at writing.
Lullaby Beach
Lullaby Beach by Stella Duffy tackles coastal over-development and greed, rape, violence, gender inequality, revenge, race and “Me Too.”
Post-Covid education: let’s get the foundations right
Not enough has been written about the lockdown impact on the education for our very youngest pupils. Can we postpone the academic stuff?
?? SOROPTIMISTS
Women across the world
The first Soroptimist club was set up, by 80 women, 100 years ago (1921) in California to improve the rights and status of women in a male dominated world.
BEE LEAVERS
Honeybee imports from the EU – another casualty of Brexit?
Honeybee imports from the EU – another casualty of Brexit?
NHS REFORMS
NHS Reforms Part 1: too many new dawns, too many inefficiencies
Successive governments have implemented change upon change, in every area of the NHS, in an effort to make it more cost effective