What the papers said in the week ending 5 August 2023
There is much to worry us in the current news, but the article which tells us that York is to have its first resident rabbi for many years, is a mix of thankfulness for the development, and wretched awareness of the killing of Jews in York in 1190: ‘Our doors are open’: York gets its first resident rabbi in more than 800 years | Judaism | The Guardian
- The 1190 Massacre: History of York
- I had not known about this – Shame on me
There is horror at recent attacks on a faith community: ‘It’s a racism crisis’: call for action on Qur’an burnings in Sweden | Sweden | The Guardian
The health and social care shame of the present, is here to see:
- Families caring for dementia patients in UK reaching crisis point, says charity | Dementia | The Guardian
- Exploitation of care workers in England is ‘appalling’, says government adviser | Social care | The Guardian
There is appreciation of what families do when there is need for care, but a plea for more professional help: The Guardian view on kinship carers: grandparents can’t repair a broken care system | Editorial | The Guardian
Calls too for more professional support when grief goes wrong: Grief can take us to the darkest of places – why don’t we take it seriously? | Natalie Morris | The Guardian
Self-interest in the UK will have severe effects elsewhere: UK aid budget cuts are ‘death sentence’ for world’s most vulnerable children | Foreign policy | The Guardian
The struggle to make recompense for the way people from the Commonwealth have been treated, takes some strange turns: ‘We call it a touchstone’: the mission to find the Windrush anchor | Windrush at 75 | The Guardian
We really do not want to lose:
Youth Hostels: Youth hostels are a muddy, joyful miracle. Losing them to Brexit and the cost of living would be a tragedy | John Harris | The Guardian
Or ticket offices: Rail ticket office closures put us on track for social isolation | Society | The Guardian
We do not want to be made to suffer by inhuman errors: Pensioner forced to ration electricity for a year after receiving £13,000 bill in error | Energy bills | The Guardian
Lives can be saved by disciplined use of wisdom: Politicians must be brave on 20mph speed limit | Transport policy | The Guardian
New technology can be used to good effect: Royal Mail uses drones to deliver post in Orkney | Scotland | The Guardian
The natural world still delivers its wonders: Supermoons to serve up double treat for UK stargazers in August | The moon | The Guardian
Environmental change is with us: Northern Ireland and parts of England had wettest July on record | UK weather | The Guardian
Earth cries: but we are not gods: Earth cries! We are the gods that must step up to the biggest crisis in history | Ben Okri | The Guardian
David Jolley: Chair of Christians on Ageing, in a personal capacity.
