Recent Blogs.- ONLY 36 INCHES FROM REVIVAL June 1, 2020I have been working on and thinking a lot about managing risk over the past week. I recall the wonderfully acerbic H.L. Mencken‘s words:“the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them […]
- MOMENTS OF MAGIC AND IRRITATION May 25, 2020This is supposed to be a reflective time when we at last have the opportunity (“space” is the word we’d use today) to examine our values and redefine the meaning of life.I’m finding it’s more basic than that. For me it’s been the meaning of meals, of wine (do we have enough?) and of woodlice […]
- GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS May 18, 2020We have never experienced anything like this. We have slowed down and become more thoughtful but I am detecting underlying schisms in our world that are emerging with opposing sides are hardening in their thinking.But first the good news. It’s nature. Spring is always wonderful but this year’s has been spectacular. We’ve spent time this […]
- HOW MIGHTY IS AMAZON? May 11, 2020I’ve always had this back-of-the-mind worry about Amazon. It’s a huge success, of course, and what would we all do without it? All those late night purchases of books which we forgot to buy at Waterstones but now, refreshed by red wine, we joyfully order another selection to join the piles of the unread when […]
- QUESTION TIME 2021 May 4, 2020We are not all the same. So some of us will revert to our “normal” selves, some will go on retreat but for many, changes will happen. Don’t underestimate the scale of this event.Will we want to live urban lives?Not so much now I’d imagine. Recently I listened to the 1960s song Downtown written when […]
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