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Mr. Jimmy Cliff

This is a short blog on the late singer, Mr. Jimmy Cliff (30 July 1944 – 24 November 2025)

by Ryan Clement I HAVE WRITTEN about prostate cancer awareness many times, and each time is not one time too many if it helps educate and save lives. PROSTATE CANCER is a disease that develops within the prostate gland. It is currently the most common cancer among men in the UK. Although it is aContinue reading “Prostate Cancer”

Spicy Food

What are your favorite types of foods? Favorite types of foods are those that are spicy and or well-seasoned. Coming from a Caribbean home, my food was always seasoned with various spices. This was the norm. Also, I love food from the Indian subcontinent, and frequent restaurants for the same. Lastly, over the past yearContinue reading “Spicy Food”

Writer

What profession do you admire most and why? Many people admire the profession I am in. So do I. Not many people get paid for their opinion (giving an oral or a written advice), starting or defending a case (drafting the pleadings), to argue at work (cross-examination), pitch their wits against some of the brightestContinue reading “Writer”

Music and Books

If you were going to open up a shop, what would you sell? If I were to open a shop, I would have to sell books and music. Naturally, because it would be rude not to, I would the read books 📚 throughout the day whilst listening to the music to be sold. That willContinue reading “Music and Books”

DAY ONE of a writer’s diary

by Ryan Clement IT’S LATE and I have a 6.45am flight ✈️ tomorrow morning from Gatwick South. Although I don’t live too far from the airport, time-wise. I can drive there in 45 minutes. But I wasn’t going to do that drive to get there for 5am, which means leaving home no later than 4.15am,Continue reading “DAY ONE of a writer’s diary”

Brown v Board of Education 2

by Ryan Clement ON 17 May 2024, I wrote a blog about Brown v Board of Education, which I had first come across when I read for my Master of Laws (LL.M.) many moons ago. ONE OF THE PLEASURES OF WRITING is when someone says that they were introduced to a subject matter through whatContinue reading “Brown v Board of Education 2”

Happy Father’s Day

by Ryan Clement TODAY is FATHER’s DAY. So, for the shortest blog ever, just wishing you all a Happy Father’s Day, and I mean ALL, not restricted or limited to biological fathers. But you know who you are! Also, remembering the millions of forefathers on whose ancestral shoulders we now stand. We owe YOU! @Continue reading “Happy Father’s Day”

What is Art?

by Ryan Clement OF COURSE, I don’t really know the answer to this age-old question, but my very good friends, F and M, and I may well have come very close to an – rather than ‘the’ – answer. WE WERE CELEBRATING A VICTORY in a recent court case. We were enjoying our meal inContinue reading “What is Art?”

Provision, Criterion or Practice

by Ryan Clement TODAY is Day four of Mental Health Awareness Week in the U.K. and for which the theme is anxiety. Indirect discrimination and the first requirement on an employer to make reasonable adjustments are based on the employer applying PCPs – provision, criterion or practice – and their effect(s). However, before we lookContinue reading “Provision, Criterion or Practice”