Thursday, 12 August 2021

Life in the pandemic XXXI Gamekeeper turned poacher…..

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Did I mention I was once a student? In case you missed it, the answer is “yes” and I wrote about it recently ! It was a long time ago, and t...
Monday, 2 August 2021

Life in the pandemic XXX Life in transition…

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Life is change, so it is said. Change is certainly a big part of life. Over a period of seven to ten years, every cell in our bodies is chan...
Tuesday, 20 July 2021

Life in the pandemic XXIX Keswick in the transition…

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Once again, for the second time in the pandemic, we have made our way to England’s beautiful Lake District, to the market town of Keswick. T...
Thursday, 15 July 2021

Life in the pandemic XXVIII More atheist wobbling…..

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I’ve got a lot of respect for honest atheists. They have a long and interesting heritage. Many are thoughtful about why they think as they d...
Monday, 28 June 2021

Life in the pandemic XXVII Explaining stuff is hard…..

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You might think that there are oh so many things that need explaining. We still don’t really know where the virus came from. There are lots ...
Friday, 28 May 2021

Life in the pandemic XXVI Words and the “death” of postmodernism

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I have led a fairly sheltered intellectual and academic existence, just one of many advantages working on the science side of a modern Unive...
Saturday, 15 May 2021

Life in the pandemic XXV The touching faith of atheists…….

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Atheism, in its various forms, has a very old and in some quarters a cherished history. It’s a history that many modern-day atheists seem to...