The March of Folly
The March of Folly I often wonder where the place is to be found between being entertained, being made to think, and being constrained [...]
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02, 2026
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02, 2026
Lost Connections
Lost Connection Every so often I read an article or a book that seems to capture the current moment and does so in a [...]
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01, 2026
Muesli and Other Grumbles
Muesli and other grumbles For years I made my own muesli. It was easy: to a base of rolled oats, wheat bran, and wheat [...]
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01, 2026
Resolved
Are you resolved? Here we are at the beginning of the year, the time when convention suggests we should begin again by wiping the [...]
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12, 2025
Cruising
Cruising In an age when words take on increasingly diverse meanings, it can be challenging to make the nature of your intended topic clear. [...]
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12, 2025
Inevitability
Inevitability There is a popular strategy in looking back at past events to wonder ‘if only …’. It’s tricky. Any speculation about what could [...]
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12, 2025
Brick by Brick
Brick by Brick It must be a strange sight for a young child, to be confronted by a pile of plastic bricks, with no [...]
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11, 2025
St Martins Cathedral Utrecht
St Martin’s Cathedral Utrecht Major cities across Europe become packed in the summer months. It’s not just Paris, Rome and Berlin: a day in [...]
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11, 2025
Barges
Barges When I was at school, I discovered and loved Cargoes, a poem by John Masefield: Quinquereme of Nineveh from distant Ophir, Rowing home [...]
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10, 2025
Six Great Ideas
Six Great Ideas I wonder if anyone reads Mortimer Adler today. For a while he was an influential and also popular philosopher, often referred [...]
