Getting Off the Hamster-Wheel

“Here is Edward Bear, coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin. It is, as far as he knows, the only way of coming downstairs, but sometimes he feels that there really is another way, if only he could stop bumping for a...

Purple Bins

A blog by Nicky Clark of HEART Community Group With the local elections just around the corner I was interested to receive a leaflet from our Local MP, Bim Afolami, a couple of weeks ago.  A large, glossy, colour leaflet devoted entirely to the Labour-LibDem North...

Young People Deserve (and Want) to Hear the Truth

By Nicky Clark.  Posted 25th March 2023. I was intrigued by the idea of the Intergenerational Conversation Café, initiated by Abi Riley, Student Climate Leader, being held at St. John Lawes School in Harpenden last week, and I was not disappointed. It was a debate...

Yes, we have no Cucumbers

If you live in the UK – or at least parts of it – you will have noticed that some salad vegetables and fruits are in short supply at the moment.  There are a variety of reasons for this.  The cost of living crisis meaning that some growers are finding it impossible to...