For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face. Corinthians 13:12

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Oscar Wilde assured us (with some help from elsewhere), that: ‘sarcasm is the lowest form of wit …. but the highest form of intelligence’? In that light: if we are blessed, then, as we age, w...

We take our responsibilities very seriously …

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....vs  ‘The truth shall set them free’? I have recently found myself asking a simple question: ‘What happens when casuistry becomes embedded in democracy and the methods by which it achieves...

“Sometimes I Sits and Thinks …

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... and sometimes I just sits...” A while ago, I had been pondering about ideas on the value of art, aesthetics and the like, and talking to Michael who, in one of his pieces, asked: “I wonder ...

‘These are the Times We Live In’

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These days I spend much of my time reading international newspapers and magazines and, as I sit indoors trying to escape the pollution of my home city,  I have to say that my mind is more troubled no...

How to Pierce the I-bubble!

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WAK Coe grew up (I wish! Ed.) under the influence of Michael Wharton, who, for 20 years beginning in the ...

What do you take from Art?

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A delight for the eyes and a story for the mind, it’s more than a decoration for the home, it’s something...

Capturing the Moment

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Having homes in the same village by the Nene that we all love, Lindy and I were having a coffee with Michael and ...

“There goes my people. I must follow them, for I am their leader.”

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As he stood there, naked and exposed, he felt fear; he guessed the word 'primordial' was not inappropriate....

Contemplating the (former) United States of America as of 2025

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“Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise”. “There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has…