The Eve of Destruction
This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper. (TS Eliot The Hollow Men 1925) Friends are hinting … Continue reading
Saturday, 7 December, 2013 · 1 Comment
Satirists, atheists and humorists
I watched one of George Carlin’s shows the other night. The man is a hero of mine, and I think of him as one of the great figures of world … Continue reading
Sunday, 14 July, 2013 · Leave a comment
Think, or doublethink?
Eric Blair is an English novelist who is important to me, and I think he should be important to everyone now living. Under the name of George Orwell he wrote … Continue reading
Sunday, 4 April, 2010 · 1 Comment