Authoritarianism is what you get when STEM people try to do politics. In truth, their politics is a non-politics or even an...

I shall begin with this quote from Lewis Mumford in 1964 “I would not belittle, still less deny, the many admirable products this...

Being Essential, Essential Being I write as a philosopher who went out on a limb in the 1990s by arguing forthrightly for an essentialist...

There are some things in life that you could never forget. Like scrapping with your bare hands to wrench advertisement hoardings off the...

When Bob met Françoise I guess this is why it was called “The Swinging Sixties.” Things always get tricky when you mistake an ideal for...

How the Left betrayed the truckers In response to this article in Unheard, I read this comment: The social milieu susceptible to wokeness...

Katherine the Great! A Review of Katherine Jenkins at Venue Cymru, Llandudno I think I have worn out miscellaneous family members and my...

The Living Goddess I have written and given talks on the figure of The Goddess in nature and history. I am far from being expert in the...

Beyond Leviathan - The Critique of the State as Social Power In a recent paper, Ross Mittiga argues for the superiority of authoritarian...

Good work I like these words that Ursula Le Guin spoke in her acceptance speech upon receiving The National Book Foundation Medal for...

The Education of Desire I wrote these short passages in response to a perceptive tweet on Twitter from an ecologist. This was the tweet:...

Abstract conceptions of sustainability always look reasonable on paper. The test is how these translate into the field of practical...

Back in 2019, I wrote to Rory Stewart in praise of a number of his political views. I liked his concern to bring means and ends back in...

It’s the birthday of Françoise Hardy today (17th January 1944). I’ll wish her well, recognizing in light of some hard medical conditions...

Naturalism as an Inhumanism This essay consists of thoughts and observations incited by the reaction the following article inspired: What...

The Problem is Political, and so is the solution. I would like to comment on this article: Scientists call for a moratorium on climate...

The Existential Self-Hatred that Consumes the World Or, The Egoism that Eats God and Feeds Gods The main focus of this essay is the need...

I see a lot of Vikings on Facebook and Twitter, armed to the teeth with technology and warring daily on their keyboards. They are more...

Pushing Back Against the Anti-Politics that is Tearing Society Apart I would like to comment on Giles Fraser's article published in...

Peter Cook was one of the great comedians. He had something of a problem with alcohol. Unlike many, he wasn’t a violent or aggressive or...