It’s going to be very quiet throughout much of Europe, and much of the world even, over the next few weeks or months. Social leisure

It’s going to be very quiet throughout much of Europe, and much of the world even, over the next few weeks or months. Social leisure
Sometimes everyone around you will seem to have gone just a little bit mad. It is the state of the world, that, periodically, everyone suffers
Conditionality is an existential truth. It stems from our lack of knowledge. Without perfect knowledge, everything will seem to be conditional on something else. This
It’s Christmas Day, and everyone is doing the ‘season of goodwill’ as well as they can. We will all have our favourites – our favourite
We have to get on with each other. We are all crammed onto this planet like penguins on a shore, jostling for position and seeking
I’m not a great fan of the psychology of self-containment. It is too often used by people who want to control others. ‘Contain yourself!’ says