Scientists to erase free linguistic choice?
On February 1st, the BBC radio 4 Today programme presenter John Humphrys asked Professor Bob Knight of UC Berkeley whether the results of Knight’s recent experiment into the reconstruction of [...]
The Sneeze: a very social history
Regularly powering out at speeds of around 90 mph, and the fastest ever recorded flying at over 100mph, the sneeze is the convertible of bodily exhalations. But not only is [...]
A Sociable Death
The subject of death isn’t likely to bring joy to people’s hearts. I can imagine the rolling of your eyes as you see the title, followed by the immediate journey [...]
The Past in Us
In a passage of Douglas Coupland’s novel Generation A the author envisions a time when the spoken and written word becomes too efficient for use on earth. In this world, [...]
An Interview With Jonathan Wolff (Part II)
Jonathan Wolff is a widely renowned Professor of Philosophy at University College London. He specialises in political philosophy with a keen interest in the relationship between philosophical theory and public [...]
Two People, Same Mind
The mind is king of an infinite space, where each person is very much their own God. In thought, a person can murder, rape and pillage with no repercussion, save [...]
Dead sexy dead Cora
In the week of a very significant death, we reflect on the naked truth that the legacy of some people warrant derision, some lamentation, others warrant an homage that is [...]
Requiem (for a small pub in Hereford)
The men in front of the smoked glass window sit a few feet apart in the hazy gloom with only each other and two half-drunk pints for company or entertainment, [...]
The Stuff of Objects
Symbolic representations of love, romance (and consumerism) are everywhere. It is February 14; upon us is the day we celebrate/endure Valentine’s Day (which has long lost its original saintly prefix, [...]
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