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Mar 10, 2024
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Things to pay attention to in December
A song, a recipe, a picture of a tree
Dec 2, 2025
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Things to pay attention to in September
Both/and
Sep 1, 2025
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A Tale of Two Forests
Thoughts on the commons, their theft and their defence, in four vignettes
Jul 1, 2025
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Things to pay attention to in June
The solstice, temperate rainforests, a giant moon
Jun 2, 2025
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Why I quit my perfectly good publishing job and stepped out into the unknown
Oct 29, 2024
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What's the opposite of magic?
Nov 12, 2024
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A Grain of Person
Jun 9, 2024
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All the new leaves I'm turning over
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Blossom, Morris dancing, Eurovision
May 1, 2025
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Reality is infinite, unlike my capacity to perform tasks
On limits and the limitless
Apr 17, 2025
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Things to pay attention to in April
Haiku, wild garlic and Shakespeare
Apr 1, 2025
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The Virtual Metropolis, or What a 122-Year-Old Essay Can Tell Us About the Internet
Does the rise of digital life mirror the rise of urban life? And does that make us right to worry about it?
Mar 18, 2025
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How to deal with the news?
A question, not a guide
Mar 4, 2025
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Things to pay attention to in March
Pancakes, booksellers and the spring equinox
Mar 1, 2025
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The importance of being earnest...?
On the tug-of-war between sincerity and irony
Feb 18, 2025
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Finding stillness in sound
A few more thoughts about singing
Feb 4, 2025
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Things to pay attention to in February
Candlemas, blood oranges and Henry Purcell
Feb 1, 2025
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