SKILLS–FOR–LIFE

It’s tempting to look at the current state of the world and lose hope, but Hope is an impulse that seems to be in the ascendant, against all odds. As an example, take the recent British general election which, as an Englishman, I followed with close attention. In the e...

We recently completed the first Skills-for-Life course, and it proved very successful; maybe better even than we hoped. Although we decided to keep the event to one week, rather than two, we had time to work in a wide variety of areas, from learning cooking skills (inc...