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Sleepwalking, Stress and Civil Society
\r\n \r\nCouncil sessions are bad for your health. So bad, in fact, that I’m thinking of inviting colleagues from the World Health Organisation along to the next session to see if they agree with me...
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Council at a Crossroads
\r\n \r\nA lot has happened here since the end of the last session. Starting with the most important, I became a dad again, when my little girl entered the world last November. My son had cleverly...
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Moment of truth
\r\n \r\nEvery Council delegate will know what a strain the March session can put on your family life. Things have got so bad that I’m now considering looking for a new wife. It’s not for me though. My...
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Coming to the surface
\r\n \r\nIt’s hard to convey quite what it’s like to go through a March Council session. The four-week experience is a prolonged assault on the mind, body and soul and while the end of the session is a...
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Zeitgeist and Poltergeists
\r\n \r\nIt’s been a difficult month. Like many other Council goers I’ve been trying to find enough time for the essential trinity of work, family and football. This is a struggle at the best of times...
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September Strawberries
\r\n \r\nThis year has been the summer that never was. Usually by the time the September Council session comes around, colleagues look relaxed, healthy even, after enjoying the Geneva sunshine and seem...
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Lessons in History
\r\n \r\nWhile I was never the life and soul of all night parties – prone to having a little nap while others danced round me – I did at least used to be active and go out on a regular basis. These...
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Statements of Intent
\r\n \r\nAs nice as it can be living out here, there are many drawbacks to not being in the UK. It’s easy to lose touch with friends, to miss out on historic national moments and to forget about...
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Staying Healthy
\r\n \r\nBy the end of week 3 of any March Council session everyone tends to look pretty frazzled. The combination of lack of time for proper meals, general neglect in the finer aspects of personal...
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Sad Farewells
\r\n \r\nCouncil sessions take a heavy toll on all things that are close to us. Our partners, our children and our pets all suffer from weeks of neglect. So do our bags. Any object unfortunate enough...
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