Advances in technology are typically accompanied by wildly inaccurate predictions that an existing way of doing things will become obsolete. Yet the old ways cling on resolutely. So you’ll find large numbers of people using bicycles as one of their travel options even though they have a car, or handwriting letters although they could use … More Why books aren’t disappearing (and neither is this blog…)
Until five years ago, I couldn’t really see the point of dogs. Although aware of many of the amazing things they can do, from herding sheep to sniffing out smuggled drugs, I didn’t feel the need to have one in my life. Then, thanks to an extended campaign by my family, I found myself giving … More My Life in His Paws, Wendy Hilling
Comedy is one of the ways we humans deal with things going wrong. So, in the middle of a war zone or in the aftermath of a terrible natural disaster, you’ll find people cracking jokes. Insensitive, some call it, but I’d day it was normal and healthy. In my experience of bereavement, there comes a … More The Owl at the Window by Carl Gorham
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