by louise | Sep 14, 2018 | Uncategorized
The news that a culture of bullying pervades the NHS and stories of surgeons throwing scalpels and bawling out interns is quite alarming. Patients are also in the firing line. The sentencing of Ian Paterson, jailed for 15 years after carrying out unnecessary cancer...
by louise | Sep 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
“We’ve been moving to this point for 20 years. Brexit is the issue that has brought it to a head,” said John Strafford, the host of the Beaconsfield barbecue. “You end up with the parliamentary party 60 to 70 percent in favour of ‘Remain’, and the voluntary party 60...
by louise | Aug 20, 2018 | Crime fiction, Uncategorized
The head of a leading anti-bullying charity has issued a warning on their website about the dangers of trendy tribalism. It’s ultra cool to be part of a group. So much so the Fear Of Being Dropped is now pervasive and fueling bullying. ‘The slogan “Don’t be a...
by louise | Mar 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
Act Against Bullying is a set of monologues I researched in 2000 and first published in 2002. It was the reason for me setting up Act Against Bullying as a charity. They’ve been used in schools as a means of discussing the awkward situations which can lead on to...
by louise | Jul 28, 2017 | Uncategorized
When I set up Act Against Bullying in 2000 it was commonly believed that women didn’t bully. That was a boys thing. Research into the motivations of girl gangs and female criminology only began in the 1980s as women’s social behaviour changed. Chicken or egg? ...
by louise | Aug 20, 2016 | Uncategorized
It’s Far From Over Anyone who lived through the 1960s could be forgiven for thinking that feminism has reached its sell by date. Girls now overtake boys at school, outnumber men at university and many earn more than their male counterparts. But, even as the pay-gap...
