Saturday, 20 June 2020

Thursday, 18 June 2020

In Praise of Aphorisms


What if we see the history of philosophy not as a grand system of sustained critique but as a series of brilliant fragments?


Ancient Yet Cosmopolitan


Art, adornment and sophisticated hunting technologies flourished not only in prehistoric Europe but across the globe.


Monday, 15 June 2020

Sunday, 14 June 2020

How to Plan your Novel


Inspiration rarely comes as a mysterious visitation from the muse. Far better to learn the techniques and habits of the craft. But sometimes it does.


From Chaos to Free Will


A crude understanding of physics sees determinism at work in the Universe. Luckily, molecular uncertainty ensures this isn’t so.


The Virus Will Win


Americans are pretending that the pandemic is over. It certainly is not.