Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
It was nearly fifty years ago that Robert M Pirsig’s book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance appeared. I bought my copy a [...]
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10, 2024
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09, 2024
Penelope
Penelope There have been several books published recently that retell a familiar classical story, especially some of the Ancient Greek myths. I became entranced [...]
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08, 2024
Witches, Elves, Wolves and More
Witches, Elves, Wolves and More I can’t recall how old I was when I first heard – or read – the story of Hansel [...]
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07, 2024
The Railway Children
The Railway Children Remembering children’s books is a serendipitous exercise. In my case, some are established favourites, and so Pooh, Rat and Mole and [...]
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07, 2024
Throwing Light on the Matter
Throwing Light On the Matter My father was a physics teacher, and I suspect that it was in one of his collection of books [...]
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06, 2024
Cities and Suburbs
Cities, Suburbs and Local Shopping Centres I live in Canberra, and in some respects I can claim to live in an ideal neighbourhood. My [...]
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05, 2024
Transitions
Transitions It seems like the very distant past, but when I was a student of geology in my final years of high school, I [...]
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04, 2024
Xanthippic Dialogues
Xanthippic Dialogues Roger Scruton has to be one of the most fascinating, frustrating and thought-provoking of modern philosophers. Along with Felipe Fernández-Armesto, Jonathan Glover [...]
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03, 2024
Migration
Migration Living in England, a young and decidedly amateur ornithologist, I didn’t pay much attention to annual bird migration. Like many other watchers, I [...]
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03, 2024
