For a recent article “Lockdown: Noisy neighbours are ruining my life” the BBC contacted 103 local councils, many of which reported an increase in noise complaints since lockdown.  Feeling trapped with the actions of neighbours/family/work colleagues can be very stressful, often making you feel generally agitated and therefore short-tempered with all those around you. There […]

It’s been my pleasure during the last few weeks to have been co-delivering a mediation training course to a lovely bunch of people who will soon be contributing their new skills for the benefit of the community.  As well as being a great way to keep my own practice sharp, a big part of my […]

It’s great to see mediation being explicitly promoted to London’s employers in a new scheme to improve people’s working lives in the Capital. Launched on 29 July 2019, the ‘Good Work Standard’ (GWS) is a joint initiative between the Mayor of London, leading employers, trades unions and professional bodies, notably the CIPD. It provides a […]

Conflict is often hailed as a creative force in human endeavour. Hollywood icon Bette Davis famously claimed she could predict the success of her films by the degree of on-set strife; the more conflict, the better they would turn out. By that rule of thumb she should have known pretty quickly during shooting of her […]