Who’d have thought it could be so complicated? Unisex toilets are everywhere these days, but Manchester seems to have a new innovation: unisex urinals. How liberal. The cause of tension is presumably that the urinals are a little bit exposed. Even men want privacy sometimes. The future can only be unisex cubicles. What a [...]

Filed under: culture, jonathanbirch, socialcohesion, society on September 30th, 2008 | No Comments »

Application forms seem to throw forth ever new quantities of paper work. The myriad of questions can be quite baffling, yet there is one form above all which strikes one as being unnecessary, intrusive, dare I say offensive; the Equal Opportunities form on ethnicity. As I wade through mountains of scholarship application forms for [...]

Filed under: culture, socialcohesion, society, ukpolitics on May 17th, 2007 | 1 Comment »

“Social cohesion” must be one of the most overused phrases in British political language. From terrorism to anti-social behaviour, the proposed solution always involves initiatives that promise to improve cohesion within communities. However, if that’s made you sceptical about the whole idea, watch this video (via Nick at the Podnosh blog) to renew your enthusiasm:
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It’s [...]

Filed under: localism, socialcohesion, ukpolitics on March 30th, 2007 | 1 Comment »