Ray's Blog: January 2011
Is Happiness A Matter Of Positive Thinking?
As Britain’s Prime Minister, David Cameron, suggests that “happiness” would be a better measure of national progress than GDP (gross domestic product) and the BBC’s Breakfast programme tries to define the elusive emotion, I’m going to ask you what you think?
I first wrote on this subject more than...
Online Book Club: Born On A Blue Day By Daniel Tammet
My real-time Book Club will be meeting on 17th February, 2011, to discuss the book, Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet. It's an amazing autobiography, written by a young man who is both autistic and has Asperges. If you haven't read the book yet, I would urge you...
The Joy, Or The Sadness, Of Teen Sex?
Mum, Dad, Boy, Girl
If The Joy of Teen Sex on Channel 4 had been titled The Fun of Teen Sex or simply Teen Sex it would probably have been seen by the TV regulators (if they still exist) as porn. It was certainly a...
Characters & Point Of View: It's All In The Mind
My husband, who is a keen cook, has a copy of one of Nigel Slater’s books, Simple Suppers. The recipes produce good, nutritious meals. I have to confess, however, to a slightly queasiness when it comes to watching the celebrity chef on TV. Something, I think, to do with what...
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