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Ross Davies

Ross Davies is a London-based freelance journalist and campaigner for dementia awareness

January 2019

  • Desmond’s (Television TV Show 1989-1994) Channel 4 press publicity image

    Desmond's at 30: 'I wrote it for white people'

    The tale of Peckham’s most inept barber is Britain’s most successful black sitcom. On its 30th anniversary, its creator and star talk guns, dominoes – and why more writers of colour need to be heard

February 2017

  • Cologne Public Library

    Cologne library opens its doors to refugees: 'You fill this room with life'

    The Cologne Public Library is serving as a social and educational space for the city’s refugees, as counterparts across Germany increasingly become places for community engagement. Could the UK learn from this?

July 2015

  • Dementia patients in Germany - Hands

    double quotation markI’m lucky to get help in caring for my father. But many families of dementia patients can no longer cope

    Ross Davies
    GPs are right to feel dementia patients are being let down by health and social care services. And government policy means it will get worse

April 2015

  • Ann Gheyssen in her dementia-friendly Bruges bookshop.

    Is Bruges the most dementia-friendly city?

    Shop-owners in the Belgian city make their customers with dementia feel welcome. What can UK towns and cities learn from its approach, embraced by businesses, communities and council?