Here are a few tips for surviving a heatwave. Drink lots of water. Put some plastic bottles of water in the freezer and use them as cold water bottles (wrap something around them) at night, and place one in front of your fan to cool the air. Keep curtains/blinds shut in the heat of theContinueContinue reading “Heatwave tips”
Category Archives: Sheffield Star Letters
Small Park, Big Run and Big Sing for Palestine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGTx16jWdDs There was an amazing weekend of events at Meersbrook Park this weekend, raising awareness about Palestinian political prisoners. Runners ran right through the night and events culminated with a live link-up to people in Khan Younis in Gaza and a Big Sing including members of many different choirs around Sheffield. Many thanks to CllrContinueContinue reading “Small Park, Big Run and Big Sing for Palestine”
Challenging Reform nonsense in the Sheffield Star
I’ve had two letters in the Sheffield Star recently. The first was in reply to K Martin, whose long pro-Reform letter is at the foot of this post. Dear Editor Sadly, K Martin has accepted the propaganda being pushed by Nigel Farage and his billionaire friends in the oil industry about the climate crisis. (SheffieldContinueContinue reading “Challenging Reform nonsense in the Sheffield Star”
Volunteer Efforts Keep Sheffield Libraries Alive
A letter to the Sheffield Telegraph and Star Dear Editor Paige Turner (Sheffield Telegraph 26.2.26) is very good at making up pseudonyms, but they need to recognise who their friends are. My article was not about libraries, but I was very pleased to mention the excellent service I had had from Sheffield Library. This isContinueContinue reading “Volunteer Efforts Keep Sheffield Libraries Alive”
Immoral companies like Palantir should have no place in the NHS
by Graham Wroe A letter to the Sheffield Star Julia Armstrong reports in the Star (2.1.26) that a local doctor, Rory Gibson, objected at the Council’s Health Scrutiny sub-committee concerning a £330 million contract that was awarded to Palantir Technologies to develop a “federated data platform” for the NHS. Local NHS Trusts have the optionContinueContinue reading “Immoral companies like Palantir should have no place in the NHS”
World leaders should be in court.
by Graham Wroe The Covid enquiry has reached its conclusions and found that Boris Johnson’s chaotic Covid decisions and delays were responsible for the deaths of 23,000 people. And yet he’s still allowed to claim a whopping £115,000 a year, for life, just for being a former Prime Minister. I wonder at what point inContinueContinue reading “World leaders should be in court.”
Greater use of alternatives reduces congestion and pollution. A letter to motorists.
by Roy Morris Oh dear fellow motorists, I’m afraid we’ve jointly messed up good and proper. Compared with the 1960s, there are too many of us and our vehicles are getting bigger and bigger and just don’t fit into the limited space we have on our old roads and above all in our city centres.ContinueContinue reading “Greater use of alternatives reduces congestion and pollution. A letter to motorists.”
The first catastrophic climate tipping point has been reached.
The November COP 30 meeting in Brazil is approaching, and scientists have shared extremely concerning news about the impact of climate change. Coral Reef from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coral-banner.jpg Firstly, there has been a record-breaking rise in the concentration of Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere. This is due to the world’s carbon sinks beginning to fail. A carbonContinueContinue reading “The first catastrophic climate tipping point has been reached. “
Who do you believe?
Cyril Olsen asks a good question (Star 29th August): who should we believe? Should we believe Cyril and the propaganda fed to him by the Israeli Government? Or should we believe the International Criminal Court, the International Court of Justice, the United Nations, Oxfam, UNICEF, the World Health Organisation, UNRWA, Al Jazeera, the Red Cross,ContinueContinue reading “Who do you believe?”
Holocaust denial and Genocide denial should both be treated with contempt.
A letter to the Sheffield Star responding to a writer who claimed starvation isn’t happening in Gaza. Dear Editor Those who claim the holocaust against the Jews never happened or was exaggerated are now rightly treated with contempt by the press and the public alike. Those who claim that starvation isn’t happening in Gaza, thatContinueContinue reading “Holocaust denial and Genocide denial should both be treated with contempt.”
