Like millions of my compatriots I shall be spending August and September in front of the television screen cheering on Team GB athletes as they compete in the Olympic and Paralympic Games. It is a time of national pride for athletes and spectators alike. For athletes their years of dedicated training may result in the raising…
On April 6 (The UN International Day of Sport for Development & Peace) I will set out on a 2000 mile, five-month, solo-walk from Buenos Aires to Rio de Janeiro. The reason for the walk is twofold; to raise awareness for the 2016 Olympic truce and to raise funds for Unicef’s work with Children in…
In a few minutes time the Opening Ceremony will get underway for the 2016 Lillehammer Winter Youth Olympic Games . It will be a spectacular curtain raiser for what will be an amazing nine days of sport. The pristine slopes, rinks and runs will seem a world away from the conflict zones of our world but…
The great buildings on or around Parliament Square are no strangers to momentous events in history. Yet one event which is perhaps less well known and celebrated is the role Methodist Central Hall and Church House played in the formation of the United Nations. Last Sunday we were afforded an opportunity by the United Nations Association—UK, Westminster…
Harvard professor, Joe Nye began his seminal work Soft Power (2004) as follows:‘More than four centuries ago, Niccolo Machiavelli advised princes in Italy that it was more important to be feared than to be loved, but in today’s world it is best to be both’. Professor Nye, went on to describe the term soft power…
