Tom Penn
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I Don’t Enjoy Being a Part of this Experiment in Compulsory, Pseudo-Compassionate Patriotism
Written by Tom Penn To what extent do you feel your Government values human life? If the stringent social-controls implemented throughout this protracted ban-demic are anything to go by – collective dismissal of their collateral damage aside – then you might be forgiven for thinking that we inhabit one of the most altruistic nations on
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The Moral Challenge of Caring for Care Home Residents
An essay by Tom Penn During my first year volunteering at Mother Teresa’s Home For Sick and Dying Destitutes in Kolkata, I was wide-eyed and pliant. During the second, I had evolved into a hyper-focused ‘long-termer’. And during the third I saw nothing more than a broken system of abusive neglect, the justification for which
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Is Lack of Time the Biggest Killer of All?
An essay by Tom Penn Perhaps time – or lack thereof – is the biggest killer of all, and not the now thoroughly nauseating ‘C’ word. A paucity of time, created by the most crippling of all mutant variants – the lunatic pursuit of more square feet of shelter, to house a burgeoning collection of
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The Palinopsia of National Resilience – A Short Story (Introduction)
By Tom Penn Palinopsia: ‘A visual disorder in which the patient perceives a prolonged afterimage‘ (Collins dictionary). National Resilience: ‘Coercive patriotism in pursuit of nefarious agendas’ (the new lexicon of Government). I was a latecomer when it came to scepticism regards the national response to Covid. Being one of the fortunate able to work outside,