Blog posts January 2011

Breast Bauble - Breast Cancer Awareness Bauble

Sophie Byrne
Monday, 31 January 2011 - 5:40pm

By Sophie Byrne

I have just come from a meeting with Lizzie Hamilton, who is the NECLES HIEC * Fellow in maternity. Innovation Unit are working with Lizzie and the rest of the HIEC maternity team to support a group of midwives and obstetricians in 12 maternity units to promote normal birth and reduce caesarean rates sections...

Manners maketh man

John Craig
Sunday, 30 January 2011 - 12:51pm
By John Craig 'Manners maketh man' was the motto of the boarding-school-on-steroids where I studied for my degree, and my feelings about it have twice shifted.  Arriving as a chippy nineteen-year-old to rituals of matriculation and passing the port, it seemed to sum up their surface-over-substance perversity.  Then I learnt that 'manners' refers not to table manners but to the manner in which a man lives his life.  Suddenly, as a fourteenth-century quotation, it started to seem prescient, almost democratic.  However, now my view of it is changing again; it is starting to feel like an...

Lambeth publishes co-op council report

Claire McEneaney
Friday, 28 January 2011 - 4:24pm

by Claire McEneaney Lambeth Council have just published their report The Co-operative Council - Sharing Power: A new settlement between citizens and the state. Their vision is about giving residents more control and involvement in the services they use, by putting council resources in their hands. As a Lambeth resident, I'm really heartened to see this bold move by my local council. I've watched the development of the idea with great interest, and participated in community...