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No entry Many years ago, I was working for a membership organisation, and we had agreed to bring out a speaker from the UK. He [...]
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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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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
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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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
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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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 Company
The Company There are two usages that dominate the word ‘Company’, one very familiar, and the other somewhat more limited. That second usage is [...]
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07, 2025
Gods and Robots
DD82 - Gods and Robots It is hard not to be fascinated by robots, machines that are capable of carrying out complex actions automatically, [...]
