Last week the world lost a brilliant and inspirational human rights academic, barrister and author. : Professor Connor Gearty.

For one brief year he was my tutor. I remember his charisma, his kindness, his humour, his red socks... and what he told us in our first lecture about what 'Human Rights' means: Dignity.

I can't fight great, global injustices - although I daily thank and celebrate those who do. What I can do is help you get your dignity back if your work has taken it away from you. I can help you see that it's not you; that you're not stupid, not wrong and you're not broken.

The word ‘Polycrisis’ has been popping up everywhere since it was used at the World Economic Forum in Spring 2023.

That’s fifteen years and an awful lot more crises ago.

This ongoing sense of uncertainty and anxiety presents significant challenge for all of us, sitting behind every aspect of our lives.

The first step is to acknowledge it. The second, to accept that before we put anyone else’s oxygen mask on, we need to secure our own.