Ragnarök
A.S.Byatt has written a short and puzzling book, Ragnarök: the end of the gods (2011, public…
Dr Cogito’s Fall
Here is another in the series of poems featuring Dr Cogito that I have been writing….
Blessed rage for order
This morning I read through two more chapters of Andrew Scull’s Madness in Civilization, which broadly…
Inspirations on being
Yesterday I listened to the On Being podcast, which is surely one of the jewels of…
The Chinese Ancients
I have had a dry spell the last few days, and so have dug into my…
Poem: one thousand steps
Here is a poem I wrote over the last year, prompted by a walk along one…
Fragments of fragments
This morning I started my reading by dipping into Harold Bloom on Ralph Waldo Emerson. In…
The appeal of fantasy
When I am not studying serious literature or reflecting on the state of the world I…
The Golden Fleece of Nothingness
Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons, Herbert Draper, The Golden Fleece 1904 Out of curiosity and a certain…
Donald Trump and America’s wounded pride
Today I watched live the speech made by Donald Trump to accept the Republican nomination for…