One Story, Many Issues

The news of a sex therapist whose appeal against his sacking by Relate over a clash between his religious beliefs and his refusal to counsel a gay couple features on both the BBC and Guardian websites today (as many news stories often do). What strikes me in reading both presentations of the story is the [...]

Mental Health v. the Environment?

I’m no environmentalist, though I do quite like wind farms – and a story on the BBC website today details a legal action against a proposed wind farm by a mother of autistic twin boys. The clash of two causes – the environment and mental health – in such a way isn’t something I’ve encountered [...]

Children and Criminals

The age of ‘criminal responsibility’ in Scotland (where I am) is to be raised to 12 years old, bringing it in line with other countries in Europe. I can’t decide if this concerns me more or less than the fact that the age at which children can currently be brought before a criminal court in [...]