In my job I sit on various local boards that spend pitiful sums of money granted by the government, in an attempt to tackle our profound social problems. I wrote about why this approach needs to change, and how schools and trusts can be a part of that: open.substack.com/pub/jimlaude...

A Love Letter to my fellow Surfers

A personal reflection on why the British state needs to function differently

My preference would be for radically more investment to build a functioning economy and welfare state, but this is going to take a while. We should all be thinking how we can work differently to tackle the social issues that plague us, and not wait for white knights from Westminster.