A Theory of Everything
A Theory of Everything When I was at school, it all seemed so simple. The physical world, at the smallest level, was made up [...]
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02, 2026
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02, 2026
Silk Roads
Silk Roads When I was around seven years old, my friend Andrew told me about his father’s plan. Back then, more than seventy years [...]
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01, 2026
Arcadia
Arcadia Why do some moments stick in our minds? Often, they are memorable because they are both exceptional and unanticipated. For me, one was [...]
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11, 2025
Descartes Bones
Descartes’ Bones There are many challenges in writing about other people, especially those whose ideas have become important to you, or more widely. The [...]
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10, 2025
Hagia Sophia
Hagia Sophia Seeing a great building is a fascinating experience. By a great building, in this case I mean one that is historic (there [...]
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10, 2025
Aigai
Aigai We were in the second half of our cruise, travelling down the eastern coast of Greece, when the ship stopped at Thessaloniki. As [...]
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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 [...]
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08, 2025
The Culture of Hope
The Culture of Hope As I see it, destiny was determined to make Frederick Turner of interest. Born in England on 19 November 1943, [...]
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08, 2025
The Soul: History of the Mind
DD83 - The Soul: A History of the Human Mind Paul Ham’s 2024 book, The Soul, is described as a deep dive into history [...]
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07, 2025
DD81 – The Wreck of Western Culture
DD81 - The Wreck of Western Culture Do I want to be thought of as a ‘grumpy old man’? Well, I am old, and [...]
