The Little Bureau representing Hope and New beginnings
The Little Bureau representing Hope and New beginnings One glance at the tabloid newspapers or a few clicks on twitter and you would believe that we are living in a dark, hostile age of ugliness. Our communities filled with cruelty and brutality. As the political philosopher Thomas Hobbes wrote about the nature of human beings, we might expect to have a life that is ‘solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.’ At Cohort 4 we bear witness to our women’s experiences. The stories they tell can indeed include experiences of brutal nastiness, of living through violence and of finding life lonely and isolating. That’s why Cohort 4 was first formed, to help make a difference to the women surviving abuse and…