Original article written by Stephen Fear for the Huffington Post on 5th June 2017: The causes of homelessness are many and, despite common belief, not all are associated with the negative causes of excessive use of alcohol and non-prescription drugs. Undoubtably, many people do fall into homelessness because an addiction…
According to a report in The Economist the American Housing Market is the world’s largest asset class, worth $26 trillion, more that America’s entire stockmarket. If Donald Trump really wants to build a wall then perhaps he should dig up the dollars buried beneath the surface in this massive concentration…
A new system has been developed by a firm in Gloucestershire, England, and is set to revolutionise the way people find us. Universal Beacon ( www.ubreg.co.uk )- a new system created by barrister Malcolm Warner & his daughter Beatrix can identify global locations to within about 1metre. So if you…
When the Huffington Post first mentioned that Christina Huffington, daughter of founder Arianna, had conceived the brilliant notion of a video series about parents being interviewed by their children I was positively struck by the idea. Families are the bedrock of society. In an ideal circumstance they form a stable…
Stephen and Leon Fear take part in filming a parental interview for the #Talk To Me – initiative by The Huffington Post- a major new video series meant to spark meaningful conversations between parents and children.
Mums matter to everyone, even to a potential James Bond! Many fine actors have played James Bond. My personal favorite was Roger Moore, who for me was the quintessential English spy that as a boy I always imagined Bond to be! Sean Connery came close, but for me never quite…
Charles Dickens may have been referring to London and Paris when he wrote ‘The Tale of Two Cities’ in 1859, but today he may have considered The Tale of Three Cities as the focus for a book effectively about emancipation of the masses. Devolution is in a way a revolution,…
While watching the James Bond Movie Quantum of Solace with my grandson a while ago I began to think about Lithium. Lithium, a very soft silver white metal belonging to the alkali group of metals which carries the atomic number 3 is about to become one of the most sought…
China is the world’s second largest economy with an ever increasing influence on global affairs. This offers an unparalleled opportunity to British educational establishments. Whether they be schools, colleges or universities. Growth in China has slowed during 2015 but is still is more than double that of the USA or…
Dear Prime Minister I woke at 4.30am this morning with something on my mind and I feel strongly that I should share it with you. Yesterday when lifting a box of files in my office I picked it up from the top. As I lifted, the bottom fell apart and…
Robotics is now an established science which has truly come of age. Until just over one hundred years ago the only way of cleaning your floor was with a broom or a reverse bellow. The motorised vacuum cleaner was invented in England by Herbert Cecil Booth in 1901 but today…
The Chinese economy is slowing dramatically which spells danger in the west. The democratic capitalist economies of the free world have become addicted to cheap goods manufactured in the most populated nation on earth and just like any addict seeking a cheap fix these economies grow ever more dependent on…
People often say to me “how did you succeed at anything with no education”? Well the secret is I didn’t. I was educated, but not in the conventional sense! Due to my dis-functional background I rarely went to school but thanks to my mother I learnt to read from a…
As I sit here chained to this post, my eyes closed, my body weary from continual torture from the hot metal rod used to control me, I reflect on my life. That rod and my masters boots that stamp on my head, body, arms and legs makes me anxious all…