I hope you’ve been able to enjoy your weekend wherever you are – if you are ready to curl up and read some interesting, uplifting stories then you are in luck. A personal favourite this week is the remarkable story of Greg Hagen, who, for the Guardian’s Experience column, recounted his story of literally savingContinue reading “Your weekly good news roundup for Sunday 2023 May 14”
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Upside stories about customised wheelchairs, art in hospitals architecture education and rebuilding Ukraine
Good morning. If you have a spare five minutes today I urge you to read this piece that follows the story of Zahida Qureshi, a Pakistani woman who set up a charitable organisation that makes customised wheelchairs for children and adults. Qureshi herself became a wheelchair user after she contracted polio as a child, andContinue reading “Upside stories about customised wheelchairs, art in hospitals architecture education and rebuilding Ukraine”
The Guardian looking at the second week of August 2022
August 08 Metropolitan police / Revealed: Force strip-searched 650 children in two-year period The children’s commissioner for England has denounced the Metropolitan police’s record on child protection after new data revealed that 650 children were strip-searched over a two-year period and the majority were found to be innocent of the suspicions against them. Dame RachelContinue reading “The Guardian looking at the second week of August 2022”
The Guardian looking at the first week of August
The Guardian looks at women footballers and at researchers that warn that climate breakdown could exacerbate or trigger other catastrophic risks, plus further events for the first week of August 2022.
The Upside from the Guardian for July 24
Good morning. I hope you’ve had some time to switch off this weekend. After the heatwave we’ve had this past week in the UK and beyond, it would be fair to assume that some of your plants are beyond repair. But all is not lost, thanks to this great advice from Jane Perrone on howContinue reading “The Upside from the Guardian for July 24”
Nimo Omer, assistant editor of First Edition, for you
Good morning. Nimo Omer here, assistant editor of First Edition. If you’re (understandably) very worried about the climate crisis, following the heatwaves sweeping the UK and much of Europe, then here’s a piece that might give you the little bit of optimism you need: Neelam Tailor spoke to the Gen-Zers who think that actually, thingsContinue reading “Nimo Omer, assistant editor of First Edition, for you”
Some View on the World 