“A MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN” A GUIDE TO WRITING YOUR AUTOBIOGRAPHY. INTRODUCTION For years I recommended to people that they should write their autobiography, not with any particular view to publication but for the benefit of their families and as … Continue reading
Lady Diana Mosley was one of the Mitford sisters, six siblings who were famous for their intelligence, beauty, charm and independence. I came across them when reading Nancy Mitford’s three romans à clef, in which the entire family provides a … Continue reading
Donald Trump has made me virtuous A couple of days ago I ripped the bottom out of my car by driving over a dragon’s-teeth barrier on the driveway to a golf club where an excellent gig of Brazillian music was … Continue reading
What Christians believe – A new Christian creed Christian churches are characterised by “creeds”: systems of belief to which members must, at least nominally, subscribe in order to be recognised as Christians. However all beliefs imply unstated corollaries that follow … Continue reading
To read a sample, click here Just Published Conspiracies are not meant to be understood. America in the Fall of 1963. The ageing “Big A” has been President since he beat Roosevelt in 1932 and passed the Defense of American … Continue reading
EVENTS 2018-2019 – 22 January 2018 revision Stockport U3A – 2 October 2019 (sic) – Subject: “Casanova” – This is a follow up to a successful lecture on Charlatans and Frauds delivered in January 2018, which was itself a follow-up … Continue reading
The Riyadh Test and the Trump Test We human beings are a lazy crowd and look for quick rules of thumb (“heuristics” as they are called in the philosophy trade) to help us make quick judgments about situations. I have … Continue reading
Six Yeshiva Students Skimming Pebbles At the end of November 2016 my wife and I spent a few days in the Lake District. It was the end of the most glorious autumn I can recall and the air itself seemed … Continue reading
I learned today of the death of Robert T Carroll, author of the The Skeptics Dictionary book and website. He fell silent in August 2016 and I suspected the worst but for some reason (hope?) did not check. He had … Continue reading
About twelve years ago, a company for which I worked had a new MD appointed. He knew nothing of the business but tried fanatically to impose a one-size-fits-all version of lessons learned in American business school and from corporate self-help … Continue reading
This last Sunday my granddaughter was christened. She is a 13 month-old joyful noisy little soul and we had a vision of her running round the church shouting “Bugger!” – or something that sounded like it. In a fact she … Continue reading