

Nothingness
I have for a while wondered at the state of the atom. Most of it is nothing – just space outside the nucleus, in which electrons spin. ...


I should have had a chinese
How do you know if you have made the right decision? If I had eaten a chinese instead of a pizza I would have been fine – but clueless...


The Arrow of Time
You just get older and older and it doesn’t stop. Nothing can stop time. It is inexorable. Possibly the most powerful thing in the...


Moving Things
It seems to me a lot of people are employed in the same industry: moving stuff from one place to another. I am volunteering at a charity...


My Thinking Cap
I’ve been thinking about thinking. After being asked how I thought, I said verbally - in words. But I have noticed I can also think...


Going HAM
Apparently there was some sort of war going on in Hamburg - between the police and the protesters. We didn’t see any. There were a lot of...


Vino!
I used to buy cheap wine (4 quid a bottle) and drink it fine. I didn’t know the difference between a good one and a bad one and was happy...


Pain
I don’t understand pain. It doesn’t help. The only use is to serve that you don’t stick your hand in a fire. Now I think this is...


Water, Water, Everywhere
In the sky, falling and rising, on the ground and beneath it, Buxton is wet. But then it should be. It’s a spa town. From there water...


The Mind
The mind is a mysterious thing. Is it real? Has it been invented by scientists just to make them look good and us to look foolish? Are...