A New Life - Softcover

Bloomfield, Kenneth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1905474261 ISBN 13: 9781905474264

Verlag: Brehon Press Ltd, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

When Sir Kenneth Bloomfield walked down the steps at Stormont in 1991, bringing to a close a distinguished career which had brought him to the very pinnacle of the Northern Ireland Civil Service, he could not have envisaged where the 'new life' he was embarking upon would lead him. Defying the adage that retiremnet is an end rather than a beginning, and running contrary to his self-confessed 'gift for idleness', the next two decades were to see Sir Kenneth getting involved in projects as ecelectic as sitting on the board established by the General Synod of the Church of England to review the system for appointing bishops to investigating the need for reform in the structures of government in the State of Jersey. Travelling to places as diverse as the Channel Islands and Bangladesh, and dealing with subjects that are currently as topical and controversial as they ever were - such as academic selection, and the issue of the victims of terrorism from the past thirty years of the 'Troubles' - he has, it could be argued, become more central to those areas that affect everyday life in Northern Ireland than he was in his previous capacity as the Head of the Civil Service. In this frank and timely book, which is part memoir, part social commentary, Sir Kenneth discusses the highs and lows of being at the heart of things post-retirement and the new life that has presented opportunities and challenges he could never have contemplated. At the same time, he reviews the new life, post-conflict, that Northern Ireland has set off upon and how the province has dealt with the potential created by the cessation of violence. The result is insightful, anecdotal and compelling, a rare work of analytical and intellectual rigour.

Über diese Auflage

• Verlag: Brehon Press Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1905474261
• ISBN 13: 9781905474264
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 240