Barrier

My year long sick leave is over. I have been signed back for to work. This has meant an end to ESA (Employment Support Allowance) and a move to JSA (Job Seekers Allowance). This is something I want to be on for as short a time as possible. Being on benefits is a bit soul …

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Ghosts

In 1984 I needed a summer job. I'd left school and wanted to earn some cash before I went to Nottingham University.  I ended up getting a job as a Domestic Assistant (Cleaner) at the newly built wing of Lincoln County Hospital. My role along with a team of other young people was to clean …

Sands of Time

It seems hard to believe that I have been back in the U.K. for two months. I arrived on the day they called an election, which has now passed. I arrived just after Easter and now the summer Hilidays are fast approaching. Today at my school in Tanzania they will hold Prize Night that end …