Do women gossip?
This is the title of an essay I’ve read recently by Henry Lawson. I have a great admiration for Lawson. Not only is he among the six great masters of … Continue reading
Steve Jobs: Insanely Great
Back in 1977 the great American fantasist George Lucas released one of the biggest grossing films of all time, Star Wars. He convinced a whole generation they too could be … Continue reading
Speaking and Talking
Fit asfor a fiddle I’ve become sensitised to clichés lately. It came from reading an essay by Charmian Clift called “The Cliché in Everyday Life”, which is a reflection on … Continue reading
Ground control to Major Tom
Do you know the 1969 song Space Oddity by David Bowie? “Ground control to Major Tom, your circuits dead, there’s something wrong Can you hear me, Major Tom?” Sometimes a … Continue reading
Shakespeare’s Self
I recently came across the theory that Christopher Marlowe wrote the plays of Shakespeare, after having faked his own death and seen ‘himself’ buried. This was a new theory to … Continue reading
Ill wind blows good
Have you ever had a conversation with neighbours or strangers about the weather? I’m sure you have. We all have. It could be described as a definition of ‘human’, to … Continue reading
Coming to Our Senses
The world we don’t see, animals invisible except through a scanning electron microscope. (Steve Gschmeissner at http://izismile.com/2010/03/10/the_wonders_of_the_electron_microscope_12_pics.html). This creature lives in our bodies without us being aware one of the … Continue reading
