http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/features/columnists/raymallon/ The Northern Echo /features/columnists/raymallon/ en-gb Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:00:02 +0100 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:00:02 +0100 http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/features/columnists/raymallon/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/resources/images/522407/?type=rsslogo http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/features/columnists/raymallon/ http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/features/columnists/raymallon/3745581.We_must_invest_in_the_future/ WE know time is a precious commodity, but I doubt if any of us ever believed it would carry a £500bn price tag. You might quibble with the detail of the Government’s decision to bail out the banks with public money – my money and yours, that is. But it was the right thing to do. If they hadn’t, this morning’s headlines would be about depression, not recession. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:34:03 +0100 be5e19c52d9b643ea77b8ab7e5efca98 http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/features/columnists/raymallon/3725177.When_it___s_right_to____have_a_go___/ THE number crunchers will shake their heads, but I reckon there are a few simple ways to judge whether you have a healthy society. Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:45:41 +0100 d1986f7fef7a0428fac27a22348962e4 http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/features/columnists/raymallon/3705542.Prison_must_be_painful/ I’VE never been a member of the lock-’emup-and-throw-away the key brigade. As a policeman, I got little satisfaction from seeing people sent to prison. Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:41:39 +0100 51beae17091e6e8d62ab48a9aa3bff28 http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/features/columnists/raymallon/3686881.Restoring_our_credit_balance/ THE most important asset at a time like this is a sense of perspective. Things are tough and are going to get tougher. Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:23:11 +0100 0c85d6e030fd18a77a26e63cdfa00478 http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/features/columnists/raymallon/3669092.Let_s_be_a_little_less_afraid/ SO they did it then, those clever, adventurous people in Geneva who are trying to recreate the Big Bang which saw our universe come into being. What’s more, we’re still alive to wonder at their ingenuity and where science will take us next. Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:54:59 +0100 406156cc347f0625e542e4ff41122f89 http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/features/columnists/raymallon/3648636.Keeping_a_sense_of_balance/ JUST when you thought sport was about achievement, endeavour and glory, not gold, along comes the beautiful game and restores your faith in cynicism. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:31:25 +0100 3002eeba02baa9fbcfabd0ea99551d53 http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/features/columnists/raymallon/3630977.Close_contact_politics/ ITHINK it’s in the film, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, that someone says that if an alien came to Earth, the only language they would understand would be mathematics – a sobering thought for those of us who would be lost without a calculator. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:30:28 +0100 f1790122ba98cf51d55aa476dfeaa0eb http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/features/columnists/raymallon/3614410.No_medals__but_still_winners/ WE start with an apology to the people of Great Britain. Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:35:34 +0100 fb8674a236b471b63edd4605ebc1b90a http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/features/columnists/raymallon/3596719.Seeing_isn___t_believing/ THERE won’t be a sadder or more depressing story emerging from the Olympics than that of the little girl who mimed the words of the opening anthem because the real singer was deemed insufficiently photogenic. Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:39:18 +0100 be8cc93247bb5a574c314d733e25986c http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/features/columnists/raymallon/3580626.You_can_bank_on_it/ EVERY now and then I get my clipboard out and ask the people I meet a few questions. Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:46:02 +0100 406d53dd25bf4e0f972c40240a570342