December 2020 – Atticus Fox

‘If (2018 version)’ With Thanks to Kipling

In July 2018, students at the University of Manchester painted over a mural of a poem by Rudyard Kipling, arguing that the writer “dehumanised people of colour”. Kipling’s poem was replaced by a poem by the civil rights activist Maya Angelou. https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/jul/19/manchester-university-students-paint-over-rudyard-kipling-mural In response, I wrote my own 2018 version of ‘If’ to reflect the difficultiesContinue reading “‘If (2018 version)’ With Thanks to Kipling”

Covid19: The Perfect Storm

‘A Perfect Storm’ describes a situation whereby a number of seemingly unrelated factors came into alignment to cause an awful situation that no one could have predicted. The sinking of the Titanic is the classic example. Stock market crashes provide many other examples where many, often quite slow moving forces create an unstable environment thatContinue reading “Covid19: The Perfect Storm”