What is art? And what does it do for you? and to you? As we walked through the arty end of Glasgow, along something of a back street, we passed the window of an art studio. We peered inside. We saw a surprisingly large white room containing large bright coloured red cubes arranged across the…
Category: Musings
No more killing fields
Passing through Schipol airport four days after MH17 was blown out of the skies over Ukraine, was always going to be poignant. I am sat on the KLM Cityhopper from Amsterdam to Oslo. I have no thoughts or fears of being attacked. But then, nor did the 298 living and breathing people who left from…
Nine reasons England failed
1. Fear of Failure. We sparkled against Italy with a liberty and fearlessness unknown in England teams. No worries – Gerrard and Lampard’s little speech to the team after that game reminded them how dreadful it would be to go out of the world cup at the group stages. Traditional fear of failure was restored.…
The Plausibility of Pistorius
Originally posted on Unwrapping The World:
I am fascinated by the whole Oscar Pistorius tragedy. Not because he is famous, not because he is an athlete and not because he has prosthetic legs. But because he has shot and killed another human (Reeva Steenkamp), confessed openly to this, whilst at the same time constructing almost…
Cotton Pickin’ Cotton
Originally posted on Unwrapping The World:
Today we drove up from Lafayette past acres of Louisiana cotton fields. We stopped to pick a lil’ of that old cotton-pickin’ cotton. In my head the old song kept spinning and weaving . . When I was a little bitty baby, My mama used to rock me in…
Pietersen – a classic failure of leadership.
Where do you stand on Scottish Independence? Are you for or against? Dredging the Somerset Levels – yes or no? These dilemmas pale into insignificance against the big question of the week –Kevin Pietersen – sack or stay?
2014 – Time for Politics to Grow-up
Britain and the world face a bewildering set of challenges for 2014. And yet so many of these critical issues are presented in ridiculously simplistic and dogmatic terms.
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Maintaining My Mojo – on a (late, hot, overcrowded) train
I could have driven home. But I am a staunch supporter of an accessible, effective, integrated public transport system. And, despite the fact we clearly don’t have one in this country, I prefer to pretend that we have.
Notice to quit – the sense of an ending
Leaving a job is rarely a comfortable experience and is usually accompanied by a mix of emotions. My oldest son was talking to me about this last night. We are both in the process of leaving our current employments. He is half way through his four weeks’ notice period. Then he has a better job…
