Chris Bennett: Moved to the margins by hostile forces

A Lord of the Flies tale for modern times is currently being played out on television courtesy of Channel 4’s Eden which may have some lessons for optics.

In the latest episode long-suffering inhabitant, Tara, is driven to leave by an attritional campaign of unpleasantness by the group’s self-proclaimed leaders. Reminiscent of the tactics being employed by the NHS in its treatment of optics (In Focus).

While William Golding’s 1954 classic had Piggy, optics too finds itself in a community where there is always the sub-text that it is not really accepted, where its position is constantly questioned and it’s made to feel unwelcome and inferior by some of the testy members.