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Continue reading →: Prose story on the Prose Drafts page.
I am trying my hand again at storytelling. The adventures of Benjamin and his family is ongoing and I will add to it as often as I can.
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Continue reading →: A correct appreciation of nature
If someone saw a blue whale and thought it was a lumbering great fish, does that mean that they could not appreciate the beauty of this giant of the oceans? Does knowing which biological category the blue whale belongs in affect our aesthetic appreciation of it’s form, it’s gracefu manoeuvres…
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Continue reading →: Denouement
I made an unfortunate mistake in recommending a play based solely on a review I had barely read to my stunned brother and sister-in-law. The Lyric Theatre’s production of Denouement in Belfast was well acted by actors playing a husband and wife facing a nuclear apocalypse. This was not light…
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Continue reading →: Beauty… enough said
My distance learning course is proving irksome. The philosophers sharing their thoughts on aesthetics, Walton, Sibley, Mothersill and Carlson, are annoyingly long-winded. Can we make aesthetic judgements about nature in the same way we judge works of art? Thousands of words later it would seem not. Do we need different…
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Continue reading →: Vichyssoise?
I went looking for a recipe for leek and potato soup in Mary Berry’s book ‘Soups, Starters and Salads’. The basic ingredients of leeks, onions and potatoes just need softening in chicken stock. The addition of chives, salt and pepper will improve the flavour. I have blitzed it in a…
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Continue reading →: Vox pop
I get annoyed when reporters collar some random person on the street to get their opinion on a topic of national interest. Why should we care what Joe Bloggs thinks about immigration? Do we know if he has reached a conclusion about the debate by informing himself of the relevant…
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Continue reading →: Mounjaro month two
I was encouraged to try the appetite suppressant drug designed for Type 2 diabetes sufferers. It is not currently available on the National Health Service unless you have a BMI of 40+. Fortunately, there is an initiative run by pharmacists that have less strict qualifying criteria. Unfortunately, you have to…
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Continue reading →: Beauty
Week two of my distance learning course in philosophy and I’m already playing catch up. The topic under discussion is Beauty and it is not as easy as it might sound. Platitudes like ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder’ don’t cut it with most philosophers. Do we need…
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