Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • Today’s Google celebration

    At the weekend I returned to my alma mater, St Thomas’ Hospital in London to re-unite with other survivors of my set who began training together at the Nightingale School. This is the weekend that is always set aside for such a meeting of the Fellowship because it is the nearest to the birthday, today,…

  • And about time

    Well, it’s another year and not only have I not made any resolutions, I’ve broken them all already. As a Guardian columnist remarked, once the big one, stopping smoking, has been cracked one ought to be excused and so I do. My plan, and I put it no firmer than that, was to write a…

  • Angels over Africa

    I’e just been given a lovely present which pleases on several fronts. Firstly, because it’s from a friend who I’ve not seen for 6 years because she lives in South Africa and I don’t and secondly because it is a pretty thing which is designed for a Christmas tree. This means that after its festive…

  • Those Oxford dinners

    Reuters fellows who remember the dinner seminars will remember the man who cooked them. I really don’t think this could happen to a nicer person. Just after the College kitchen had been refurbished Jim took me to have a look. I was astonished to see the ceiling in the main kitchen and said ‘you’ve got…

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