Articles by Maddy Svensson

Dearie me

No apologies for this one! On the Rust we all mock ourselves for ‘cheating’ whenever we spot a silly piece in the media covering some whacky survey or published research, off which we can make some hopefully amusing comment and/or comparison with one’s own life. Here’s a [...]

March 24, 2017 // 0 Comments

Weekend press

There’s only one traditional and absolute rule in Rust-land, which is that there are no rules, instructions or boundaries – well, apart from those we impose upon ourselves. I’m pretty sure – though not 100% certain because none of this has ever been explained to me, indeed [...]

September 13, 2015 // 0 Comments

Fair exchange is no robbery

We read in the media that the government’s new minister for civil society [what on earth is that?] Brooks Newmark, in his first major speech, has caused uproar amongst the charity sector by suggesting that charities should ‘keep out of politics and stick to their knitting’. See here for a [...]

September 4, 2014 // 0 Comments