I remember his lectures. Always came across as a decent chap. Sorry to hear of his passing.

Unless I am misremembering, the NHS is only just giving up on faxes...

Can't help wonder how these were collated. Does something about teaching forensic psychology go in one category, the other, or both?

Colin eh? Surname Baphomet?

I became aware of this recently and the questions are quite pointed, bizarre in places, and in others impossible to answer. Arguably no-one with funding who gets the questionnaire could answer it in a way that completely avoids the potential to be cut off from that funding.

Replacing flowers with slabs seems a suitable metaphor for this administration in general.

Koula Asimakopoulou
Heather Buchanan
Sarah Baker
Sarah Grogan
Kate Hamilton-West
Rupy Kaur-Roberts
Lynn Dunwoody
Suzie Skevington
Sheila Payne
Rachel Shaw
(Not an exhaustive list, so no offence to the many others...)

I did a double take when I saw this earlier, for exactly the same reason.

I'm half tempted to start sending messages out on BlueSky that are entirely of this ilk. Or maybe I already do and I am just not aware of my linguistic inadequacy, with no-one having the heart to tell me.

Feargal? See what I did there?

My diagnosis, as a qualified psychologist, is that you are averse to flavour. There's no cure.

I'd say step one was choosing a clear message, step two is the comms strategy, and step three saying it a lot, everywhere, to everyone.

I came across it a little while ago. The issue is getting policy makers to listen before you even write anything...