The Daily Paradox

The first book I had published was in the late 1950s. It was a book of checklists called “BONES - Business Organisation Notes (Executive Section)”.…

When you were first in love you probably held the hand off the one you were passionate about. Maybe it led to marriage, maybe not.…

9th August - Singapore National Day Fifty-nine is still young in today’s world - for an individual, certainly, and even more for a country. Next…

The word that dominated my upbringing was ‘moderation’. During and after WWII the excesses of violence were new to someone of my age, but reminders…

A once common phrase among politicians was “Politics is the art of the possible”. In a world managed only by those with political power it…

If humankind survives its supreme tests for climate and kindness it will surely do so as a result of the arts. Channelling life’s work and…

What would persuade voters round the world into a sense of moderation? Those who read the Daily Paradox will know that I have, for some…

Words are the only things that last forever; they are more durable than the eternal hills William Hazlitt, essayist (1778-1830) Any idea how many words…