2024 in review: highlights and insightsThe neat numbers we use for years, measured by Earth’s rotation around the sun, have little correlation with the complex, flowing narrativeDec 24, 2024Dec 24, 2024
The human science of art and discoveryHow the human mind survives and thrives is a process of collaboration and inspiration.Aug 18, 2024Aug 18, 2024
An eternal task: Improving the NHSThis article is dedicated to all the inspiring colleagues I have worked with and learnt from.Aug 1, 2024Aug 1, 2024
In conversation with composer Takuro Iwa: meditations on music“Trust in yourself”. I learn how to find solace in a busy world, and how to find your authentic, creative voice within the music world.Jan 2, 2024Jan 2, 2024
At the gate of the year, again: review of 2023Again, at the “gate of the year”, it is a chance to reflect on the direction our societies are heading in.Dec 23, 20231Dec 23, 20231
Burning questions over fossil fuel backslidingWhy the government’s recent attempts to ‘max out’ fossil fuels are short-sighted and anti-scientificNov 7, 2023Nov 7, 2023
Why Mahler can change, if not heal, the worldOn a hill above Vienna, around the turn of the twentieth century, a musician was walking, and composing. He looked at the horizon, the…Jul 7, 2023Jul 7, 2023
My favourite writing of 2022Blink and you’ll almost miss it. New Year’s Eve. Another rotation around the sun; a point of inflection; a chance for reflection. Although…Dec 31, 2022Dec 31, 2022
Existential risk in the Anthropocene: My Eon Essay on EcocideIn the new year, my university philosophy society advertised the inaugural Eon Essay Competition, run in association with Effective…Sep 26, 2022Sep 26, 2022
Grief and the green Queen: reflections from the Elizabethan eraThe first, formative, two decades of my memorable life will always be, for me, ‘the Elizabethan era’. It was during history A level that I…Sep 18, 2022Sep 18, 2022
