Wednesday, January 3, 2024

WHISTLING IN THE WIND

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R ather belatedly I’m uploading this past year’s collection of posts to which I’ve  given the title Whistling i n the wind . According to th...
Wednesday, December 20, 2023

LINKS – and what they tell you about someone

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My blogroll lists 70 blogs I try to follow – one being an old site of mine which was suddenly removed, without notice. So, be warned, all th...
Monday, December 18, 2023

SOME RECENT LINKS

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My hyperlinks have been piling up – indeed those for the full year already fill more than a hundred pages . I find them very useful as remin...
Tuesday, December 12, 2023

Just Words

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One of the books of which I’m most proud is “ Just Words – a sceptic’s glossary ” and that’s not just because of the pun in the title - the...
Sunday, December 10, 2023

Fathers

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Today was the day my Dad was born – in 1907.  Some 14 years ago I paid  my extended tribute to hi s memory which started thus -   We are...
Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Die Qual der Wahl

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“ Candide ” was Voltaire’s takedown of the Enlightenment - Andersen’s “ The Emperor has no clothes ” is a lesser tale which demonstrates the...
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Monday, December 4, 2023

Ivan Illich - why the attraction?

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I  am still trying to puzzle over the power Illich’s writing had for me in the 1970s. 1968 had been, of course, the year of rebellion again...
Sunday, November 26, 2023

Ivan Illich

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Ivan Illich had a strange but profound influence on me in my early 30s and I’ve just downloaded a couple of books to help me understand his ...