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Thursday, 13 August 2020

Will people of the future tear down our statues?

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Black Lives Matter protesters tear down statue of slave owner Edward Colston I've written elsewhere about  why we shouldn't airbrush...
Sunday, 3 May 2020

Lives versus livelihoods

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Picture the scene... you're standing on the edge of a precipice. There's been an accident, and someone is hanging off the edge, bare...
Saturday, 2 May 2020

How inductive reasoning failed me with coronavirus

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In February, I began writing a blog post saying that coronavirus would turn out to be a storm in a teacup, and although a few people would d...
Thursday, 26 March 2020

Panic-buying, toilet paper, and selfishness

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Today is an historic day. The 26th of March 2020 is a day I shall always remember. I have, after much searching, managed to buy some toilet ...
Friday, 6 March 2020

Aphantasia - I never realised I think differently from everyone else

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Imagine a beach. Can you see the sand and the waves? I can't. This week I discovered that I have something known as aphantasia . This is...
Friday, 13 December 2019

Election Reflection

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It's that time again. No, not Christmas; I do of course mean general election time - which admittedly is about as frequent as Christmas....
Monday, 11 November 2019

Techy or tacky: why social media is just about bearable

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I joined Twitter this week. Now, given that Twitter has been around for over a decade, you might think I'm coming a little late to the...