All the plans of the year   Undulate around this month’s weather   Going is good, the good get going   Umbrellas at the ready in the event of any unpredicted rain   Sunshades at the ready to guarantee needing the umbrellas   Tales to...

What are your hobbies? Do they involve being in the same room as people you know, and people you don’t know, in real life? This Philosopher-in-Residence has been having several conversations lately about the value of in-person experiences, and also the stress and...

With Independence Day in everyone’s minds this weekend, this Philosopher-in-Residence felt like being a little contrary and focusing on dependence instead. Songs, books, poems, treatises have all determined the importance of independence. So when did dependency become...

This Philosopher-in-Residence invests a fair bit of time trying to be the positivity Pollyanna in the room, usually this is out of a wish to see fellow humans being nicer about themselves rather than an ill-founded distance from reality. When I was a teeny-weeny...

This fortnight, this Philosopher-in-Residence is going full pseud and reserving the whole column simply for describing and encouraging amazement. No place here for the modern, often usage with negative connotations of disbelief. Today, just for a few minutes, read, absorb,...