Tim Field died aged 53 from cancer.

Once in a lifetime comes a man who turns over the stones of existing order with such force, that all the life forms underneath have to scurry away,  such a man was Tim Field, A giant among men, whom bullies in the army, workplace, schools and the British mail system greatly feared Tim, a quietly spiritual British man became a world expert on the psychiatric injuries from bullying when in 1994 after 20 years working in industry he suffered a breakdown from work place harassment. His recovery meant in 1997 he published the groundbreaking book, “Bully in sight”, (Amazon.com). This signalled a landslide in British cultural change, this was re-published in 30 countries.

In 1998 Tim published David Kinchins book on Post Traumatic Stress disorder, “The invisible injury” (Amazon.com) and in 2001 co-authored with Neil Marr, “Bullycide, death at playtime”  (Amazon.com) ild suicide from bullying. Tim had a vision of a bully free world, and he campaigned tirelessly in schools, higher education and the workplace to achieve this goal. His website was deluged with bullying and harassment cases from all over the country, often with conflict and violence, the 5000 cases he worked on personally make truly awful reading.

The current British media hubbub over youngsters carrying knives, does not ask the question, why do they feel the need? And the answer is wide spread bullying and intimidation, often dismissed as “peer pressure”. Children as young as 6 are learning the killing skills of karate boxing and judo, and do not have the mental maturity and balance to have these abilities. The numbers for attacking others in schools and workplaces, on film in what are known as “slap-attacks” have gone through the roof, as have self harming cases.

A recent study by police outside pubs at closing time in the chav capital of Britain, kings Lynn, says every style of martial arts was drunkenly displayed in the many fracas at closing time, unbelievably, most police stations are closed at night.  So should we extend the ban from knives to cover martial arts training? Many think we should.

Recognition of Tim Field’s work meant eventual policy changes from the C.B.I, (Confederation of British Industry), but with little acknowledgement from trade unions and government.

We owe Tim Field a great debt, Tim moved mountains, yet there is still a way to go, His work on bullies is carried on by such organisations as the Andrea Adams trust.

T Stokes

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