On 19 March 2020, every NHS & Foundation Trust received this letter👇together with Hospital Discharge Requirements “which set out action which must be taken immediately” - i.e. to send patients to care homes
It means not being distracted by the army of “dead cats” scattered across the landscape, but focusing on the REAL motivations driving those who make decisions #THREAD👇
1/. “Everything I know about morality & the obligations of men I owe to football” (Camus)
Football teaches us about team work & camaraderie, courage & fair play but most importantly it teaches us that some things are more important than winning #AFCON2021
2/. The lessons offered by football extend beyond our individual & collective behaviours
Just as FIFA sets the rules of the game on the pitch, so bodies such as the UN, set out rules on the world stage through a framework of intn'l law #AfricaCupOfNations
3/. Just as the rules of football ensure fairness on the pitch, so human rights ensure fairness around the world
Footballers should be free to express themselves on the pitch in the same way we should all be free to express our views & beliefs. #AFCON2021
Mbuya Nehanda & Sekuru Kaguvi were involved in the Ndebele-Shona revolt against the Cecil Rhodes’ British South Africa Company after the company introduced a hut tax
3/. Today we went to the Natural History Museum to see if we could get the director, Doug Gurr & curator @NatHistGirl to agree to send the skulls of Nehanda & Kaguvi back to Zimbabwe were they can be buried with the respect & reverence they deserve. #BringBackNehandaAndKaguvi
Next week, we’ll mark the 6th anniversary of the loss of David Bowie
6 days after his death, an incredible 5hr musical celebration of his life was held in @UnionChapelUK
100+ musicians
18 Bowie songs
We’re making a documentary about how it came together
What made the @bowie_tribute gig so extraordinary the way so many people came together in so short a space of time with zero budget to make this happen