Empathy and New Year A notion like that of empathy inspires great distrust in us, because it connotes a further … More
Tag: politics
Weather vs climate (LentBlog38)
The main difference between weather and climate is the timescale that they each refer to. Weather describes the conditions of the … More
On Diane Abbott and Assange -Meditation on a line by Anne Lamott (LentBlog37)
There’s an old Mel Brooks routine where the psychiatrist tells his patient, “Listen to your broccoli, and your broccoli … More
The recess (LentBlog35)
As we get to the business end of Lent, in the week the church still names Holy, I have been … More
Advertisement (LentBlog33)
I wrote the poem below in the summer of 2015. David Cameron had won a slim majority in the … More
From Brussels With Love (LentBlog32)
Well, by tomorrow night, we might be out. Crashed out with no deal or sailing into a bright future presaged … More
My Brexit week off (LentBlog25)
I’ll admit it straight away: I didn’t last the whole week. Sometime on Friday evening I switched the radio on … More
Doing a Likely Lads (LentBlog19)
Lying awake last night wondering what had become of Theresa May’s deal in Parliament it suddenly occurred to me that … More
A week off (LentBlog18)
I’m hoping that by the end of the week we may be nearer to a political solution to the national … More
#PutItToThePeopleMarch (LentBlogs17)
I saw: old hippies, new hippies, punks, preppies, grandmothers, babes in arms, parents, wrinklies, men in tweeds, trombonists, anarchists, Star … More
Why I can’t vote Labour at the next election (LentBlog12)
I never wanted to have to say this. I never imagined I would. But I have finally lost the plot … More
The Year of Living Deeply 8: Doing One Thing
I am really bad at doing one thing. If I am chopping an onion, I am listening to the radio. … More
Why must we write?
The poem that came into my mind on waking up this morning and hearing the General Election result is Mark … More
Philip Gould: I would not wish to have died the person I was
via bbc.co.uk
