Only cowards fear the truth

Posted by on Oct 8, 2006 in Uncategorized | 12 comments I was deeply saddened to learn of the brutal assassination of Anna Politkovskaya, Russian’s most famous investigative journalist. She was returning home from a shopping trip when she was gunned down in the lift of her apartment block in Moscow. It was an apparent ruthless contract killing. She was a fearless. grey-haired woman of 48 whose only weapon was the truth. Despite repeated death...
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Back to the classroom for me

Posted by on Oct 8, 2006 in updates | 14 comments I believe strongly in lifelong learning, gaining new knowledge, so it’s back to the classroom for me. I had missed the deadline for my proposal for an Open University MPhil (I wanted to do Social Science Research), so I have signed up for the CIPR diploma, which is set at post graduate level. My first class was yesterday, and I was the only non-corporate/local authority person; I hope...
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