Archives: Assemblies

Is society being mollycoddled?

How do you assess risk, weigh up danger? Who helps you out when things go wrong?

Welcome Back

Good morning everyone, a very happy new year and welcome back to College. Before I get into the assembly, I want to mention two tragic events from the holidays, one which made global news and one which made the national news here in the UK.

Empathy in the age of Mass Media

In the wake of the Hong Kong apartment fires, how should we feel when witnessing such scenes of human tragedy unfold on our screens?

I am the Son of an Immigrant

My father was an immigrant. As were his parents, my grandparents. They moved to the UK from Spain in the early 1960s to find work in the National Health Service, living and working in North London for over a decade.

What Right do we have not to Hope?

Remembering to put others before yourself for a greater common good whenever you can is a very good thing - because there can be no greater virtue than that.

Remembrance: A story

Remembering to put others before yourself for a greater common good whenever you can is a very good thing - because there can be no greater virtue than that.

Not In My Name

Last Thursday was the holiest day of the year. But for British Jews, Yom Kippur, the most important festival in the Jewish calendar, will now carry a tragic memory.

Palestine

Politics & Pleasure

Free Speech: Where do we Draw the Line?