Summary: not dead yet
Last year, about 12 months into the lockdown, I thought it would be a good idea to make a note of what I had done to see what it amounted to. Thought it would be a good idea to do the same again as 2022 turns to autumn. So:
1. Finished reading Don Quixote.
2. Wrote another bundle of expert reports on trafficking cases. One (at least) helped force a reverse in the UK's unjust decision to deport a survivor of slavery.
3. Conducted virtual evaluations of three projects in Myanmar and left in awe of the extraordinary courage of local civil society's efforts to mitigate the consequences of the military's brutal onslaught on the country's ordinary people.
4. Edited a special edition on the Journal of Modern Slavery on slavery in humanitarian crises, with an introductory essay entitled, Older than Troy
5. Read Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie mighty novel of the war in Biafra, Half of a Yellow Sun. Think it might actually be better than War and Peace.
6. Finished writing and published my book, Ethical Leadership: moral decision making under pressure
7. Wrote an article for Open Democracy identifying the UK's plan to deport migrant to Rwanda as a crime against humanity.
8. In aid of Children in Crossfire, I did my first 10k in years, around Kew Gardens, very badly.
9. Delivered a couple of public lectures in the great city of Belfast, including one at the legendary First Church in Rosemary Street.
10. Managed to go for a swim in Margate. Don't think I will try that again until the British government decides that dumping raw sewage into the sea is not really much of a Brexit benefit.
11. Read Apeirogon, but Colum McCann, a desperately sad but inspiring perspective on the struggle against apartheid in Israel.
12. Completed a first draft of my second novel, Some Service to the State, about the repercussions from an enquiry into the fate of a missing girl in a newly partitioned Ireland. Started looking for a publisher.
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