Swiss cheese I went skiing during half term. It is the thing to do. The only (and I mean only) time you will ever prise the British middle classes out of their Volvos and BMWs and onto a bus is during the spring half term break. Then, miraculously, you will find all the little Joshuas […]
Blame Culture: More Dangerous Than You’d Think
In January 2001, 18-year-old Wayne Jowett died whilst receiving treatment for Leukaemia at the Queens Medical Centre, in my home city, Nottingham. The chemotherapy consisted of two drugs: Cytosine, a drug that is injected directly into the spinal fluid and Vincristine, a drug that is injected into the patient’s blood. A tragic accident The doctor […]
Swiss Cheese: It’s Bad for Your Health
Things go wrong: People sleep in Training isn’t acted on Doors get left open Staff members resent each other Taps get stuck open People put boxes on the wrong pile Shit, as they say, happens. Normally “things gone wrong” are just an irritant, a minor expense, nothing to get too worried about. Sometimes however, it […]