Tag: charity
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How You Can Help Bridge The Gap Between Rich and Poor This Valentines Day
I hate to name-drop, but I found myself in the same breathing space as two former prime ministers a couple of days ago. The first was Malcolm Turnbull, one of the many speakers at the Side By Side conference run by the Wayside Chapel, who had been invited to discuss the crucial role of students…
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“Running Really Does Get Easier,” Said No Novice Runner Ever
There’s no doubt in my mind that what this year’s fun run is really about is another narcissistic attempt to deny the physical evidence that my body is as old AF and, well, a bit buggered. The papers – or “the news” (as my millennial daughter corrected me yesterday morning because she has never read…
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The No Makeup Selfie and Exposing Yourself In Public
I admit it. I felt an immense sense of relief when no-one nominated me to post a no makeup selfie on Facebook. Cosmetics (Photo credit: My Sight, as You See.) I wish I could excuse myself and say, like some critics of the campaign, that I simply didn’t understand the point of how the campaign…
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What Is A True Philanthropist?
Bill Gates Addressing Health Ministers at Meeting on Polio Organized by the Gates Foundation (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I went to a fundraising night for Breast Cancer on Friday night. A small gesture for a worthy cause. The next morning the old man asked me where I’d been – he’d noticed I was missing when he…
LOUISA SIMMONDS 