recent posts
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11+“If it’s the last thing I do, I’m going to destroy every fucking grammar school in England.”
Run away with meThe Ragged Clown tries his hand at poetry.
Cultural LossIs fear of immigration just thinly disguised racism?
When Two Tribes Go to WarWhy does the culture war cause so much strife? How can we make it stop?
What are philosophers for?Do philosophers make any difference to the way we live our lives?
The Black and White RoomMary is a neuroscientist and she lives in a black-and-white room.
How long have I got?A terminal cancer diagnosis sucks. Does it help to know long you have left?
Should computer science students learn the arts?If you do a degree in computer science, should you also learn literature? What about vice versa?
How to DieWhat need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears.
What’s the buzz?Mr Gooden took the whole class to go see Jesus Christ Superstar on stage.
Two blogs for the price of one!Thank you all so much for your support and kind words for the last 18 years here.
Leather Dog TagsGrowing up in the 1970s, whenever you filled in a government form, they would ask your religion.
Do they still make good movies?I got my first Netflix account in 1999.
All about seizuresSometimes I forget the dog’s name.
A new treatment for brain tumoursVorasidenib improves survival for brain cancer patients.
In the WorkshopTurning, drilling, forging, casting, milling, hardening, tempering, annealing and, finally, welding.
Basic Training at HMS FisgardNew Entry training in the Navy was the hardest thing I have ever done.
I’m leaving homeI had a change of clothes, twenty quid and a St Christopher.