The Daily Paradox

If we think about thinking at all we see our life as a riddle of ideas competing to dominate the moment. We should, instead, imagine…

The unwritten and slowly evolving constitution of the United Kingdom has been a lesson in pragmatic patience during my lifetime. I met the present King’s…

There’s something wonderfully ironic about inventing the self-driving, long-distance, solar-pannelled, silent electric car while letting the roads become impassable because of potholes. The ineffable logic…

      Today we lay to rest our dear friend Colonel Paul Cautley CMG OBE DL in a churchyard in Haywards Heath, UK.  …

We used to think story-telling was for children. Now we realise it is for everyone. AI will teach us that it is one of the…

I’m told a friend shot his parrot the other day. Shame, it was a beautiful bird. A neighbour said the parrot had learned a lot…

When someone suggested making Peter Mandelson UK Ambassador to USA I’ll bet there was enthusiasm for the creative idea. After all, the requirements for a…

If your life scoresheet shows balance between Function & Feeling you have done well. We ‘function’ to learn, to make progress, to enjoy the material…

A Singaporean lady who sought my help was fifty-two years old, smart, intelligent, good looking and simply but impeccably dressed. Her demeanor was modest, polite…

Rational? Of course not. One  definition of ‘faith’ is ‘a deep trust or confidence in something that cannot be fully proven or seen’. It’s a…