philosophy
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My Life in 100 Songs
The past is fascinating. It is the home of nostalgia, of infinite experiences, of different feelings, of different loves, selves, places and people. Since publishing My Life in 100 Films, I’ve been drawn again to collect experience under the umbrella… Continue reading
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Into The Big Forever Blue
Heathrow this morning was shrouded in a shawl of grey. Sat in the cockpit, on a wool shag Boeing jump seat, behind the pilots as they propel more fuel into the engines. Faster, faster, faster, until the point of no… Continue reading
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This Is All There Ever Is
One of the things that most amuses me is people’s desire to escape the moment they find themselves in. Earlier today, I was in the car with my parents. We had no real plans, only an hour’s journey home, then… Continue reading
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Greetings, Dear Sun
Ahhhhhh… The Sun. The God of Gods. Divine Designer. Harbinger of All that is Good. The darkness trembles as The Sun heralds its arrival, sending ripples of thunderous crimsons, amethysts, and lilacs across the ill-fated night. Moving with the undefeated… Continue reading
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The Secular Thirst for Aesthetic Salvation
Humans, as storytelling beings, have forever cast themselves as the main characters in the universe’s great epic. All good stories have a beginning, middle and end, and the stories we tell are no different. For almost all of history, people… Continue reading
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Only a Fool or a Child
Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer was a film I admired greatly and enjoyed a lot. I saw it a few times in the cinemas, and thought the cinematography, technicality and direction were excellent. That said, I rarely have thought about it since.… Continue reading
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Kitchen Confidential: A Portrait of Anthony Bourdain
Anthony Bourdain remains a truly compelling figure. Kitchen Confidential chronicles his voyage through the tumultuous, bloody, murky, and electric waters of the culinary world—as well as human nature. It is the story of an extraordinarily storied life: culinary school, bouts… Continue reading
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Testing the Waters: The Cultural Choreography of Small Talk
This morning was beautiful – an azure sun cracked the inky blue of dawn, splitting the fading night into tangerines and magenta. Eventually, this gave way to blue, the volume and intensity of its clarity brought up as if with… Continue reading
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Everyone You Love Will Die (Yourself Included)
Everyone I love will die, likely after cruel illness. Death awaits us all, and yet we speak of it seldom. Why is this? Too depressing? Perhaps. And yet, without exception, it is the fate that awaits us all. I have… Continue reading
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So Spins the Molten Sphere
On a quiet recent evening, I came across a BBC headline: “Earth’s inner core may have changed shape, say scientists”. My mind stopped in its tracks. If asked yesterday morning about the Earth’s core, I would have mumbled something about… Continue reading
The Eye of an Archer 