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Redlegs | Indelible Ink
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A monthly column by Alistair Braidwood. March 18, 2015. Last year’s Commonwealth Games prompted a lot of discussion and debate about Scotland’s place in the Commonwealth, the creation of the British Empire, and, in turn, its role in the slave trade. Thanks to events such as The Empire Café. Century and is a fascinating exploration into a specific time and place, and an attempt to build a New Caledonia on the other side of the Atlantic. Whatever the case, Elspeth Baillie is an unforgettable character.
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The Big Music | Indelible Ink
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A monthly column by Alistair Braidwood. February 6, 2014. Reading the opening of Kirsty Gunn’s equally epic novel ‘The Big Music’ I had an inkling of where the music obsessed Scott may have been inspired to talk this way in the first place. Gunn’s uses the term as a definition of pìobaireachd, a classical composition form of the Highland bagpipe. If I can quote from the book;. Further thoughts on Scottish books, film, music, comedy, theatre and the like can be found at scotswhayhae. Next Month’s Novel: M...
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The chief problem | publicintelligence
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Mike bennett's blog. February 1, 2012. Here’s a slightly longer version of my piece the LGC. Has published this week (behind the paywall). This fuller version includes some examples from the archive …. Defenestration (in Prague, absolutely not in any UK local authority). However, taken together with ministerial malice and local political machismo, these events have made some on the local government circuit wonder whether chief executives are about to become extinct. Indeed history is littered with the se...
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Seven principles of public service reform | publicintelligence
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Mike bennett's blog. March 19, 2012. Seven principles of public service reform. Developed as part of a recent review of services for people living with cancer (commissioned by Macmillan. I found that formulating the principles created a framework that then supported the wider research, commentary and policy recommendations. Only one of the seven principles directly mentions cancer, in reference to the issue of cancer poverty, though even it has a much wider application. Comments most welcome …. We cannot...
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Down and out at the British Library and other dens of co-production | publicintelligence
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Mike bennett's blog. August 14, 2012. Down and out at the British Library and other dens of co-production. As promised, another post from my ongoing work with Kevin Orr, professor of public sector management at. Hull University Business School. The opening passage (that Dave Mckenna. The article is dedicated to Michael Agar. Who encouraged us to think that co-production was a worthwhile mode of research, and who we first got talking to in a bar in Albuquerque. Management Learning, published by Sage.
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Mike bennett's blog. Outsourcing and cost saving in local government. December 7, 2011. By the Audit Commission and the LGA on the future of the local government workforce re-states some stark statistics. In England, the report adds, local government has already lost at least 145,000 jobs. Par 69). This is interesting, but does competition exist between cooperatives and mutuals? Is there really a competitive market? Are there any examples of this already? If it is, where is this happening? On the outsour...
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Eric Pickles should listen to the bankers | publicintelligence
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Mike bennett's blog. May 17, 2012. Eric Pickles should listen to the bankers. Speaking to the Daily Mail in March, sources at the department for Communities and Local Government argued. Emperor Marcus Aurelius, Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome. Photo: author’s own. That there was really no need for councils who opt for an elected mayor to have a chief exec – because the mayor can take on the executive role and could deal with the directors of various government departments himself. As I have argued before.
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The Limits Of The World | Indelible Ink
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A monthly column by Alistair Braidwood. The Limits Of The World. June 8, 2015 1 Comment. What I was left with after finishing was that question from the top of the page, How do we, and how should we, value art? For Han and Mae it is a matter of life and death, and they are willing to lose everything for arts sake. You have to ask yourself how far you would go to read your favourite writer or hear your favourite song? Podcast interview with him here. Which now has a Facebook home. As such it is always exc...
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You Have Been Watching (TV Special) …Tutti Frutti – Scots Whay Hae!
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Talking About Scottish Culture So You Don't Have To. You Have Been Watching (TV Special) …Tutti Frutti. September 30, 2010. Comments Off on You Have Been Watching (TV Special) …Tutti Frutti. There are works of art that you carry with you, that make you look at life in a different way and hold a significance beyond simply enjoyment or appreciation. I suppose you fall in love with them. For me one of these is John Byrne’s. Six episodes long but it changed Scottish TV, although not as much as it should.
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