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Alexei Navalny

Sometime last year I listened to the Slow Newscast episode The trials of Alexei Navalny. It takes you through the … More

alexei-navalny, navalny, politics, putin, russia

The Great Acceleration

At the start of the year I reconciled myself to needing to begin using AI. I felt like I crossed … More

Thoughts on 2023

I feel immensely fortunate. I’ve had a really good year. In anticipation of the need to perhaps engineer some of … More

new year, reflections

The owl, the fox, the ocean by the village, and God

I fell in love with a poem called ‘The Other’ I read close to the beginning of this year by … More

deus absconditus, God, otherness, unknowable

Sitting in the dark

When I was younger, an advent calendar was all about the countdown to Christmas. This was an especially exciting sort … More

advent, apocalypse, christmas

How the insurance industry is financing fire

One of the first things I was introduced to in philosophy was the difference between deductive and inductive reasoning. Deductive … More

climate change, finance, insurance, insure our future, risk

taken, blessed, broken, given

The Lord is here. | All – His Spirit is with us. Lift up your hearts. | All – We lift them to the … More

On the pit of an apricot

One of the joys of travelling overland is that each point of your journey is connected to the previous point, … More

Lake Como, Milan, overland, Tadao Ando, train, travel

Waving flashlights

“I thought that was it, that I was going to die. We could see our neighbours waving flashlights. In just … More

climate change, climate risk, floods, infrastructure, Libya

Blessed are the parkrunners

A remix of the Sermon on the Mount. Blessed are the parkrunners,    for theirs is the Saturday morning.Blessed are those who … More

beatitudues, parkrun

Lessons from the humble breadstick

I spent part of the weekend in the presence of a 16 month-old, who as well as being a master … More

creativity, spirituality, surrender

Another year – cherry tree house

One way to measure the brilliance of a given year is surely how many times you see the sea. This … More

breath, breathing, fitness, health, reflections, stress, tradition

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