Histories of Time
Histories of Time There are two ways we tend to think about time. One has to do with the way we cut up time, [...]
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03, 2025
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Sometimes to attempt to write about a book in just four pages is ridiculous, almost an affront to a work that demands a significant [...]
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03, 2025
DD65 – Remembering
The older one becomes, the more we tend to reminisce with friends about past events – both achievements and failures. Memory is tricky, in [...]
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03, 2025
DD64 – Love in a Cold Climate
Love in a Cold Climate Why are some books compulsive, even when they seem so out of touch with one’s everyday concerns. Nancy Mitford’s [...]
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03, 2025
At Play In the Fields of the Lord
At Play in the Fields of the Lord There is little more fascinating than discovering and meeting with people from another culture, especially if [...]
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02, 2025
Journey to the East
DD60 – The Journey to the East I first came across Hermann Hesse’s short story, The Journey to the East, reading a book by [...]
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12, 2024
The End of Time
The End of Time Nearly a quarter of a century later, it is hard to recall all the excitement – and angst – that [...]
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12, 2024
What Happened to Class
What Happened to Class? When I was growing up in the UK, class was an accepted feature of the social world. It wasn’t so [...]
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11, 2024
Bees and Their Keepers
Bees and Their Keepers Once more in my life, I am indebted to Wikipedia. Among the many delights to be found in this online [...]
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10, 2024
Heart and Mind
Mary Midgley, Heart and Mind If there was a person whose biography was bound to attract my attention, then Mary Midgley has all the [...]
