CELIA GREEN
31 May 2011

Twisted legislation on ‘care home’ costs

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More twisted legislation on pensioners is threatened. ‘A commission of experts appointed by Health Secretary Andrew Lansley is considering ...
24 May 2011

Right and wrong ways of reacting to slander

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What none of my college or other ‘friends’ have done for me, and are still not doing. In the first place, they could have come to work for m...
18 May 2011

The Wardenship of New College

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Three years ago my colleague Dr Charles McCreery, as an alumnus of New College, nominated me for the position of Warden of New College. His...
12 May 2011

Herded into mega care homes

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Why should the state provide ‘care homes’ anyway? Because it is nowadays theoretically responsible for keeping everybody physically alive, ...
09 May 2011

Remedies, feeble and/or dangerous

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In You Magazine, discussing flashback memories that may or may not be veridical, Zelda West-Meads says ‘I’m not a doctor so I don’t know wh...
27 April 2011

Olive leaves and the British Heart Foundation

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A pill made from the leaves of the olive tree could be a powerful weapon in the fight against heart disease, scientists say. According to r...
25 April 2011

Notes on property taxes

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It appears that they have it in mind to tax property, which is bad for us as we still have no income from society for anything we do (or cou...
11 April 2011

The mansion tax

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One of the principles of a fair and sensible tax system, says Philip Collins [in The Times ], should be to avoid taxing effort and work, and...
08 April 2011

The disappointing ‘genius factory’

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In the Sunday Telegraph magazine, Seven , there is a review of a book called The Genius Factory by David Plotz. Scouting around for a her...
06 April 2011

How not to improve prospects for the able

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Ministers want to end the head-start given to rich children, whose parents land them great internships and jobs ‘by having a word down the t...
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