January is a month of penance, planning and prediction. Dieting and alcoholic denial hang out with escapist holiday booking and acting on those ‘let’s get together in 2025’ entreaties made during the Christmas goodwill fest. And then there are the soothsayers. With their forecasts of what…
This awful revelation, from the latest official statistics, indicates that over 320,000 households in England have been assessed as homeless in the past 12 months, up 8% on last year and now the highest figure on record. More broadly, while homelessness in England, Scotland, Wales and…
November 11th carries mixed emotions. Armistice Day and my son Rory’s birthday. Remembering the dead from horrendous human conflict and a jolly lunch in a local pub. This year, though, I am also processing my first ever visit to India and the political carnage across the…
Autumn 2024 officially started on 22nd September. The weather was paying attention. Down came the rain and the temperature. And repeat. There are rumours of warm air from the Caribbean in early October but then it’s hello again dreary, clocks going back and breaking out the…
At the recent Democratic National Convention in Chicago, the luminous Michelle Obama proclaimed that “hope is making a comeback.” With our planet as unstable as I can recall, with the reality of ‘back to school’ around the corner, a shot of positive expectation is timely and welcome….
It’s tough not to be cynical. And if demonstrated by withdrawal, distrust of human sincerity, and abandonment of hope, there’s a lot of it about. A report from The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) indicated that turnout in the recent UK General Election was the…
Bigfoot is owned and run by Paul Tredwell. Since 2004 I have been an independent communications consultant, delivering a wide range of projects but with a focus on and passion for relationship optimisation.
