The good news today is that people currently 60 years old and in good health can expect to live another 40 years. But a conference in Belfast on Health Inequalities heard statistics showing that life expectancy varies across a small city like this. The disparity adds up to 5,000 deaths a year in Ireland! My [...]
Archive for October, 2009
Why do the Poor Die Younger?
Posted in Uncategorized on October 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Politics and the PC
Posted in Uncategorized on October 21, 2009 | 3 Comments »
This is a recording of a speech I made to the Civil Service ICT Conference, Moving On, in Limavady on October 20. They invited me to get voluble on the subject of how well journalists and politicians have adapted to the digital age. Part one starts with a bit of personal history. In part two [...]
The New Book
Posted in Culture and Society on October 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The publication of the new book inches closer. Watch here for details of readings and the launch
