Plenty of pundits in the media and elsewhere are only too keen to tell us that the world is heading from bad to worse.

Care for elderly people is becoming a major issue in the wealthier economies like the USA, Japan and the UK. The problem is that

There seems to have been a rise in office bullying over the past few years probably due to the present financial climate where employers are driving their workforces much

While our attitude towards suicide is now far more compassionate, we still have a long way to go in trying to reduce the

Unfortunately there are also well-publicised cases of cosmetic surgery and related non-surgical practices producing quite shocking results. In extreme cases patients end up

Gang culture is an alarming and growing problem in the UK. It prompts us to ask why and to seek out the underlying issues feeding this growth.

Then what about those cases where love is not sufficient to hold the couple together and they go their separate ways?

"It goes beyond the fancy lights and performances at events like these, it’s deeper than that. It’s the words that were spoken"...

The details in some of their stories shocked the audience, not least because these women are held in high regard.

There were obviously numerous factors behind the tragedy that Truman had been unable to share and to deal with.