if i thought you were listening, i'd never say a word

The other day I put the Blind Faith album on my Nano. I hadn't listened to it for many years, and it came over my Bose earphones strai...

Every now and then, I've tried to design my ideal philosophy degree. There would be a fair chunk of history, and not just the history o...

Apparently you can download books now. Illegally, that is. I have to think Amazon knew that would happen, as did all the publishers who agre...

Big deal, I hear you say. You do a "10K" in forty minutes. Then you change into your gym gear for some serious running. But I hadn...

I saw this film about three weeks ago and I still haven't quite sorted it out. I like the director's other movies, and Diabolo Cody...

There's a fascinating article in The New Yorker   about how valuable being able meet other random smart people is for generating good id...

A few years ago now, I was walking across a bridge in Amsterdam with my friend. A boat passed underneath, carrying what looked like celebra...